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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2009
Eric J. Horvitz, Kirkland, WA (US);
Harold L. Cochrane, Redmond, WA (US);
Rene A. Vega, Kirkland, WA (US);
Angel S. Calvo, Seattle, WA (US);
Eric J. Horvitz, Kirkland, WA (US);
Harold L. Cochrane, Redmond, WA (US);
Rene A. Vega, Kirkland, WA (US);
Angel S. Calvo, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments for interacting with cloud computing providers are disclosed. In accordance with at least one embodiment, a resource broker receives a request for a computing task that is to be performed from a customer. The resource broker selects one of the cloud computing providers to perform at least a part of the computing task. In turn, the resource broker may obtain a gain from performance of the at least one part of the computing task by the cloud computing provider.