Network peering discovery system and method

A computing system, comprising:

• at least one processor connected to at least one memory;
• an analysis module stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium and including instructions that when executed by at least the at least one processor cause the computing system to:
• receive, by at least the processor:
• (i) a customer location where a customer terminal is located, and
• (ii) platform information identifying a multi-tenant platform to which the customer terminal is to be connected to grant the customer terminal access to a resource hosted by the multi-tenant platform;
• store, by at least the processor, the received customer information associated with the received platform information in a data structure;
• and
• identify, by at least the processor, a network exchange point comprising network hardware where a physical network connection to the multi-tenant platform is to be established for the customer terminal;
• and
• a map module stored on the non-transitory computer readable medium and including instructions that when executed by at least the at least one processor cause the computing system to:
• determine, by at least the processor, whether a distance separating the network exchange point from the customer location exceeds a threshold;
• if the distance does not exceed the threshold, modify the data structure to include a local network connection between the network exchange point and the customer terminal;
• if the distance exceeds the threshold, modify the data structure to include a third-party network between the customer terminal and the network exchange point by:
• (i) including a local network connection between the third-party network and the customer terminal in the data structure, and (ii) progressively extending the third-party network generally away from the customer terminal in a direction toward the network exchange point;
• and
• transmit the modified data structure to a remote computer terminal to control creation of a peer connection between the multi-tenant platform and the customer terminal.

A computer-implemented method, the method comprising:

• receiving, by at least a processor:
• (i) a customer location where a customer terminal is located, and
• (ii) platform information identifying a multi-tenant platform to which the customer terminal is to be connected to grant the customer terminal access to a resource hosted by the multi-tenant platform;
• storing, by at least the processor, the received customer information associated with the received platform information in a data structure;
• identifying, by at least the processor, a network exchange point comprising network hardware where a physical network connection to the multi-tenant platform is to be established for the customer terminal;
• determining, by at least the processor, whether a distance separating the network exchange point from the customer location exceeds a threshold;
• if the distance does not exceed the threshold, modifying, by at least the processor, the data structure to include a local network connection between the network exchange point and the customer terminal;
• if the distance exceeds the threshold, modifying, by at least the processor, the data structure to include a third-party network between the customer terminal and the network exchange point by:
• (i) including a local network connection between the third-party network and the customer terminal in the data structure, and (ii) progressively extending the third-party network generally away from the customer terminal in a direction toward the network exchange point;
• and
• transmitting, by at least the processor, the modified data structure to a remote computer terminal to control creation of a peer connection between the multi-tenant platform and the customer terminal.