Dynamic computer marketplace system and method
AssigneeCore Scientific, Inc.
InventorsJesse Barnes, Max Alt
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Abstract
Systems, methods and apparatuses are disclosed for implementation and management of a dynamic compute and application marketplace. The dynamic computer marketplace system can coordinate access to one or more other computing resources, including on-premises computing resources, external (or off-premises) computing resources or a combination thereof. In various embodiments, the dynamic computer marketplace system advantageously can be used to facilitate inter-provider migration, transparent pricing, and/or competitive pricing, among other things.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
The dynamic computer marketplace system of claim 23, wherein the one or more currency units comprise a first currency unit based on input/output operations per second (IOPS) and a second currency unit based on latency for networking.
A dynamic supply and demand computer marketplace system, comprising:
- a central control system comprising at least one computer, the central control system being configured to:
- coordinate access to a plurality of providers each providing access to at least one computing resource capability from a plurality of computing resource capabilities, wherein each of the plurality of providers are disposed at geographically distinct locations;
- allow each of the plurality of computing resource capabilities to be purchased, sold, and exchanged, wherein at least one of the plurality of computing resource capabilities is presentable as a commodity and futures;
- allow a user, from a plurality of users, to re-price at least one purchased computing resource capability, wherein the at least one purchased resource capability was purchased from a first provider of the plurality of providers;
- offer, by the user, the at least one re-priced purchased computing resource capability on the dynamic supply and demand computer marketplace;
- based on the offered re-priced purchased computing resource capability, provide an option to the first provider to adjust pricing to the computing resource capability purchased by the user;
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- a computer network for enabling communication between the central control system and the plurality of computing resources, wherein the central control system maintains the dynamic computer marketplace.
A dynamic supply and demand computer marketplace method carried out by a central control system comprising at least one computer, the method comprising:
- enabling communication among a central control system and a plurality of computing resources, wherein each of the plurality of computing resources are controlled by a respective provider from a plurality of providers, and wherein each of the plurality of computing resources include access to at least one of a plurality of computing resource capabilities;
- allowing each of the plurality of computing resource capabilities to be purchased, sold, and exchanged, wherein at least one of the plurality of computing resource capabilities is presentable as a commodity and futures;
- re-pricing, by a user, at least one computing resource capability of the plurality of computing resource capabilities, wherein the at least one computing resource capability was purchased by the user from a first provider of the plurality of providers;
- offering, by the user, the re-priced purchased computing resource capability on the dynamic supply and demand computer marketplace;
- based on the offered re-priced purchased computing resource capability, providing an option to the first provider to adjust pricing to at least one of the plurality of computing resource capabilities offered by the first provider;
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- maintaining the dynamic supply and demand computer marketplace via the central control system, wherein the central control system comprises at least computer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.