Decentralized cloud workflows

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer executable instructions executable by a processor, the instructions that, when executed by the processor, implement a client workflow manager which causes the processor to:

• generate a workflow package including:
• an identification of a client application;
• identifications of a plurality of different network services in a decentralized network service workflow;
• workflow sequence information to engage the plurality of different network services according to a workflow sequence;
• instruction sets for each of the plurality of different network services in the workflow, each instruction set including instructions configuring a corresponding network service to perform a respective custom transaction on behalf of the client application;
• wherein the plurality of different network services in the workflow comprise network services provided by a plurality of different providers, wherein each of the plurality of different network services in the workflow executes on a respective server adapted to communicate with other network services via a respective remote network connection, and wherein each of the plurality of different network services in the workflow sequentially processes the workflow package by receiving the workflow package, performing a respective custom transaction on behalf of the client application identified in the workflow package, and either sending the workflow package to a next network service in the workflow according to workflow sequence information included in the workflow package, or sending workflow completion information to the client application;
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• send the workflow package to a first network service in the workflow;
• and
• receive workflow completion information from a last network service in the workflow, wherein the first network service and the last network service are provided by different providers among the plurality of different providers, without further interaction between the client workflow manager and the first network service or intermediate network services among the plurality of different network services in the workflow.

A computing device configured to provide a client workflow manager configured to engage a plurality of different network services of a decentralized network service workflow on behalf of a client application, comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory;
• and
• a client workflow manager stored in the memory and executable by the processor, wherein the client workflow manager is configured to:
• generate a workflow package including:
• an identification of the client application;
• identifications of the plurality of different network services in the workflow;
• workflow sequence information to engage the plurality of different network services according to a workflow sequence;
• instruction sets for each of the plurality of different network services in the network service workflow, each instruction set including instructions configuring a corresponding network service to perform a respective custom transaction on behalf of the client application;
• wherein the plurality of different network services in the workflow comprise network services provided by a plurality of different providers, wherein each of the plurality of different network services in the workflow executes on a respective server adapted to communicate with other network services via a respective remote network connection, and wherein each of the plurality of different network services in the workflow sequentially processes the workflow package by receiving the workflow package, performing a respective custom transaction on behalf of the client application identified in the workflow package, and either sending the workflow package to a next network service in the workflow according to workflow sequence information included in the workflow package, or sending workflow completion information to the client application;
• and
• send the workflow package to a first network service in the workflow;
• and
• receive workflow completion information from a last network service in the workflow, wherein the first network service and the last network service are provided by different providers among the plurality of different providers, without further interaction between the client workflow manager and the first network service or intermediate network services among the plurality of different network services in the workflow.