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Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012

Filed:

Mar. 18, 2008
Applicants:

James R Hamilton, Bellevue, WA (US);

Rebecca A. Norlander, Seattle, WA (US);

Michael J Manos, North Bend, WA (US);

Feng Zhao, Issaquah, WA (US);

David R. Treadwell, Iii, Seattle, WA (US);

Behrooz Chitsaz, Bellevue, WA (US);

Inventors:

James R Hamilton, Bellevue, WA (US);

Rebecca A. Norlander, Seattle, WA (US);

Michael J Manos, North Bend, WA (US);

Feng Zhao, Issaquah, WA (US);

David R. Treadwell, III, Seattle, WA (US);

Behrooz Chitsaz, Bellevue, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An exemplary component for managing requests for resources in a data center includes a service request module for receiving requests for resources from a plurality of services and a resource module to monitor resources in a data center and to match received requests to resources. Such a component optionally includes an application programming interface (API) that provides for sending information in response to an API call made by a service. Other methods, devices and systems are also disclosed.


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