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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2015
Applicant:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Inventors:
Joel Shepherd, Seattle, WA (US);
Richard Scott Brinkerhoff, Burien, WA (US);
Assignee:
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 (2006.01); G06F 9/46 (2006.01); G06Q 10/06 (2012.01); G06F 9/48 (2006.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/06315 (2013.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 9/485 (2013.01); G06F 9/505 (2013.01); G06F 9/5055 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06316 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45575 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45591 (2013.01); G06F 2209/502 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed that facilitate the selection of virtual machine instances to implement each action associated with a specified workflow. Workflows are configured and defined as a series of actions or processes that have various requirements. For each action in a specified workflow, a workflow management component can select virtual machine resources that are best suited to implement the specific action in accordance with the requirements of the action.