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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2022
Vmware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jie Shang, Burlington, MA (US);
Teresa Rosa, Burlington, MA (US);
Sudershan Bhandari, Burlington, MA (US);
Rushikesh Vyas, Burlington, MA (US);
VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to intelligently select content items for provisioning. In one example, the apparatus includes content library querying circuitry that queries a subscription guide database table to generate a list of subscriber content items linked to a target published content item indicated in the request. The apparatus also includes content library selection circuitry to select a first content item from a group of content items that include the generated list of the subscriber content items and the target published content item, the first content item corresponds to a first data access cost that is less than or equal to a second data access cost of a second content item in the group. The apparatus also includes virtual machine provisioning circuitry to provision the virtual machine on the target host with access to the first content item.