Capacity on demand

A system, comprising:

• a computing system, comprising:
• at least one first processor;
• and
• a first non-transitory computer readable medium communicatively coupled to the at least one first processor, the first non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer software comprising a first set of instructions that, when executed by the at least one first processor, causes the computing system to:
• identify a first set of network resources that are assigned to a first entity;
• monitor usage of the first set of network resources;
• generate a first user interface (“UI”) based on the identified first set of network resources and the monitored usage of the first set of network resources;
• present the first UI to the first entity over a first network, the first UI displaying first data regarding the identified first set of network resources and displaying second data regarding an amount of the identified first set of network resources that is unused;
• present first options in the first UI for the first entity to select and allocate a second set of network resources for use by other entities, the second set of network resources comprising at least a portion of the unused network resources among the identified first set of network resources;
• receive user input indicating selection and allocation of the second set of network resources, based on selection from the first options in the first UI;
• and
• after re-assigning and re-provisioning at least a portion of the second set of network resources to a second entity for a specified period that is set by the second entity, performing the following tasks:
• updating the first UI to present an amount of network resources among the identified first set of network resources available for use after re-assigning the at least a portion of the second set of network resources to the second entity for the specified period;
• and
• presenting the updated first UI to the first entity.

A method, comprising:

• providing, by a computing system, a user interface (“UI”) to each user among a plurality of users, the UI displaying options for auctioning, reserving, trading, reselling, or sub-leasing unused capacity in the form of unused network resources;
• brokering, by the computing system, exchanges of unused network resources among two or more users among the plurality of users;
• re-assigning and re-provisioning, by the computing system, the exchanged unused network resources based on the brokering;
• and
• updating, by the computing system, a distributed ledger system with transactions based on at least one of the brokered transactions or re-assignment and re-provisioning of the exchanged unused network resources.

A method, comprising:

• identifying, by a computing system, a first set of network resources that are assigned to a first entity;
• monitoring, by the computing system, usage of the first set of network resources;
• generating, by the computing system, a first user interface (“UI”) based on the identified first set of network resources and the monitored usage of the first set of network resources;
• presenting, by the computing system, the first UI to the first entity over a first network, the first UI displaying first data regarding the identified first set of network resources and displaying second data regarding an amount of the identified first set of network resources that is unused;
• presenting, by the computing system, first options in the first UI for the first entity to select and allocate a second set of network resources for use by other entities, the second set of network resources comprising at least a portion of the unused network resources among the identified first set of network resources;
• receiving, by the computing system, user input indicating selection and allocation of the second set of network resources, based on selection from the first options in the first UI;
• presenting, by the computing system, a second UI to a second entity over a second network, the second UI displaying second options for the second entity to request provisioning of network resources for specified periods;
• receiving, by the computing system and from the second entity via the second UI, a request for network resources to be provisioned for a specified period;
• determining, by the computing system, whether the second set of network resources satisfies at least a portion of the requested network resources;
• based on a determination that at least a portion the second set of network resources satisfies at least a portion of the requested network resources, re-assigning, by the computing system, the at least a portion of the second set of network resources as a third set of network resources to the second entity for the specified period;
• re-provisioning, by the computing system, a portion of the first set of network resources corresponding to the third set of network resources to the second entity for the specified period;
• updating, by the computing system, the first UI to present an amount of network resources among the identified first set of network resources available for use after re-assigning to the second entity;
• and
• presenting, by the computing system, the updated first UI to the first user.