公开(公告)号：US09722866B1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-01

申请号：US13243858

申请日：2011-09-23

申请人： Marc J. Brooker ,  Cornelle Christiaan Pretorius Janse Van Rensburg ,  Abhinav Agrawal ,  Adam D. Gray ,  Marvin M. Theimer ,  Peter N. DeSantis

发明人： Marc J. Brooker ,  Cornelle Christiaan Pretorius Janse Van Rensburg ,  Abhinav Agrawal ,  Adam D. Gray ,  Marvin M. Theimer ,  Peter N. DeSantis

IPC分类号： G06F15/173 ,  H04L12/24

CPC分类号： H04L41/0806 ,  G06F9/50 ,  G06F11/00 ,  G06F11/004

摘要： Implementation resources are operated in a manner furthering a particular purpose while excluding use of the implementation resources for other purposes. At least some of the implementation resources have capacity that is usable to implement multiple other resources. The capacity of the implementation resources is allocated in a manner that satisfies one or more conditions on the capacity of the implementation resources that is used. Generally, the capacity is allocated in a manner that reduces the likelihood that resources initiated close in time will fail together should underlying implementation resources fail. The implementation resources may be hardware devices that implement virtual computer systems.

公开(公告)号：US08607067B1

公开(公告)日：2013-12-10

申请号：US13038277

申请日：2011-03-01

申请人： Cornelle Christiaan Pretorius Janse van Rensburg ,  Marc J. Brooker ,  David Brown ,  Abhinav Agrawal ,  Matthew S. Garman ,  Kevin Ross O'Neill ,  Eric Jason Brandwine ,  Christopher Richard Jacques de Kadt ,  Mark Joseph Cavage

发明人： Cornelle Christiaan Pretorius Janse van Rensburg ,  Marc J. Brooker ,  David Brown ,  Abhinav Agrawal ,  Matthew S. Garman ,  Kevin Ross O'Neill ,  Eric Jason Brandwine ,  Christopher Richard Jacques de Kadt ,  Mark Joseph Cavage

IPC分类号： H04L29/06

CPC分类号： G06F21/45 ,  H04L63/0823 ,  H04L63/20 ,  H04L67/1002

摘要： Systems and methods for attesting to information about a computing resource involve electronically signed documents. For a computing resource, a document containing information about the resource is generated and electronically signed. The document may be provided to one or more entities as an attestation to at least some of the information contained in the document. Attestation to information in the document may be a prerequisite for performance of one or more actions that may be taken in connection with the computing resource.

摘要翻译： 用于证明有关计算资源的信息的系统和方法涉及电子签名的文档。 对于计算资源，生成包含资源信息的文档并进行电子签名。 文档可以被提供给一个或多个实体，作为对文档中包含的至少一些信息的证明。 证明文档中的信息可能是执行可能与计算资源相关联的一个或多个动作的前提。

公开(公告)号：US08775438B1

公开(公告)日：2014-07-08

申请号：US13240766

申请日：2011-09-22

申请人： Marc J. Brooker ,  Cornelle Christiaan Pretorius Janse van Rensburg ,  Abhinav Agrawal

发明人： Marc J. Brooker ,  Cornelle Christiaan Pretorius Janse van Rensburg ,  Abhinav Agrawal

IPC分类号： G06F7/00 ,  G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F9/5027 ,  G06F9/5077 ,  G06F2209/501 ,  G06F2209/502

摘要： A provisioning system may select an available implementation resource by analyzing user data to infer a role of a proposed computing resource and comparing the role to roles of other existing computer resources. The user data may include a user-specified identifier for the proposed computing resource, such as a label. The role may be used to rank available implementation resources using factors including distance to, roles of, and relationship with other user computing resources. A ranking of available implementation resources may be used to select an implementation resource for provisioning the proposed computing resource.

摘要翻译： 配置系统可以通过分析用户数据来推断所提出的计算资源的角色并将角色与其他现有计算机资源的角色进行比较来选择可用的实现资源。 用户数据可以包括用于所提出的计算资源的用户指定的标识符，诸如标签。 该角色可用于使用包括与其他用户计算资源的距离，角色和关系等因素对可用实施资源进行排名。 可用的实现资源的排名可以用于选择用于提供所提出的计算资源的实现资源。

公开(公告)号：US08639595B1

公开(公告)日：2014-01-28

申请号：US13045200

申请日：2011-03-10

申请人： Marc J. Brooker ,  Abhinav Agrawal ,  David Brown ,  Eric Jason Brandwine ,  Marvin M. Theimer

发明人： Marc J. Brooker ,  Abhinav Agrawal ,  David Brown ,  Eric Jason Brandwine ,  Marvin M. Theimer

IPC分类号： G07B17/00 ,  G07F19/00 ,  H04M15/00

CPC分类号： G06Q20/145 ,  G06Q20/14 ,  G06Q30/04 ,  H04M15/58

摘要： Techniques, including systems and methods, for virtual resource cost tracking account for unused capacity of implementation resources that is dedicated to particular customers and, as a result, is unusable for maintaining virtual resources for other customers. Customers requesting dedicated use of implementation resources are charged in a manner that compensates the virtual resource provider for the lost ability to use unused capacity of implementation resources to serve other customers. Customer charges may be determined by a pricing function that is calculated such that, for a base of customers, expected revenue from the base of customers approximates a revenue goal. The revenue goal may be determined based on revenue that would have been expected had the unused capacity of the dedicated implementation resources been available for serving other customers.

摘要翻译： 用于虚拟资源成本跟踪的技术，包括系统和方法，用于考虑专用于特定客户的实施资源的未使用容量，因此不能用于维护其他客户的虚拟资源。 要求专门使用实施资源的客户的收费方式是补偿虚拟资源提供商失去使用未实施资源的能力来为其他客户提供服务的能力。 客户费用可以由定价函数来确定，该定价函数的计算方式是，对于客户基础，来自客户基础的预期收入近似于收入目标。 收入目标可以根据专用实施资源的未使用容量可用于为其他客户提供服务而预期的收入确定。

公开(公告)号：US08814662B1

公开(公告)日：2014-08-26

申请号：US13370809

申请日：2012-02-10

申请人： Arjun Lall ,  Abhinav Agrawal ,  Jesse Hernandez

发明人： Arjun Lall ,  Abhinav Agrawal ,  Jesse Hernandez

IPC分类号： G07F17/32

CPC分类号： G07F17/3244 ,  A63F2300/5513 ,  G07F17/3262

摘要： A computer-implemented method and system are described to provide virtual currency in a virtual game. The method may record a purchase value of a value icon in a virtual game. The value icon may then be deployed in the virtual environment of the virtual game. For each of a plurality of reference time periods, interaction of a player of the virtual game with the value icon may be monitored, and a virtual currency amount may be awarded to the player in the event of the player interacting with the value icon a set number of instances during each of the reference time periods. Further virtual currency may be denied upon subsequent interaction with the value icon during the same reference time period.

摘要翻译： 描述了计算机实现的方法和系统以在虚拟游戏中提供虚拟货币。 该方法可以在虚拟游戏中记录价值图标的购买价值。 然后可以将该值图标部署在虚拟游戏的虚拟环境中。 对于多个参考时间段中的每一个，可以监视虚拟游戏的玩家与价值图标的交互，并且可以在玩家与价值图标一组交互的情况下向玩家授予虚拟货币量 每个参考时间段中的实例数。 在相同的参考时间段内随后与值图标的交互可能会导致进一步的虚拟货币被拒绝。

公开(公告)号：US11521139B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-06

申请号：US13625507

申请日：2012-09-24

申请人： Matthew S. Garman ,  James R. Hamilton ,  William T. Shelton ,  Michael P. Czamara ,  Terrance Douglas Hanold ,  Abhinav Agrawal ,  John W. Eichelberg ,  Rajesh Viswanathan

发明人： Matthew S. Garman ,  James R. Hamilton ,  William T. Shelton ,  Michael P. Czamara ,  Terrance Douglas Hanold ,  Abhinav Agrawal ,  John W. Eichelberg ,  Rajesh Viswanathan

IPC分类号： G06Q10/06 ,  G06F21/86

摘要： A system for providing resources to customers includes racks, sub-rack level secure containment units in the racks, and a provisioning control system. The sub-rack level secure containment units each enclose system resources. The racks hold two or more of the sub-rack level secure containment units. For each customer, the provisioning control system may provision a set of sub-rack level secure containment units to the customer. The provisioning control system may monitor, and create a record of, events of physical access to the system resources in each customer's set of sub-rack level secure containment units.

公开(公告)号：US20140088979A1

公开(公告)日：2014-03-27

申请号：US13625507

申请日：2012-09-24

申请人： Matthew S. Garman ,  James R. Hamilton ,  William T. Shelton ,  Michael P. Czamara ,  Terrance Douglas Hanold ,  Abhinav Agrawal ,  John W. Eichelberg ,  Rajesh Viswanathan

发明人： Matthew S. Garman ,  James R. Hamilton ,  William T. Shelton ,  Michael P. Czamara ,  Terrance Douglas Hanold ,  Abhinav Agrawal ,  John W. Eichelberg ,  Rajesh Viswanathan

IPC分类号： G06Q99/00

CPC分类号： G06Q10/0631 ,  G06F21/86

摘要： A system for providing resources to customers includes racks, sub-rack level secure containment units in the racks, and a provisioning control system. The sub-rack level secure containment units each enclose system resources. The racks hold two or more of the sub-rack level secure containment units. For each customer, the provisioning control system may provision a set of sub-rack level secure containment units to the customer. The provisioning control system may monitor, and create a record of, events of physical access to the system resources in each customer's set of sub-rack level secure containment units.

摘要翻译： 为客户提供资源的系统包括机架中的机架，子机架级安全容纳单元以及配置控制系统。 子机架级安全容纳单元各自包含系统资源。 机架固定两个或更多的子机架级安全封锁单元。 对于每个客户，配置控制系统可以向客户提供一组子机架级安全容纳单元。 配置控制系统可以监视并创建对每个客户的子机架级安全容纳单元组中的系统资源的物理访问事件的记录。