CPC H04L 47/70 (2013.01) [H04L 67/51 (2022.05); H04L 67/60 (2022.05)] | 18 Claims |
1. A computing platform, comprising:
at least one processor;
a cloud services interface communicatively coupled to the at least one processor with at least one cloud service provider;
a client interface coupled to the at least one processor with at least one client computing device; and
at least one memory device storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing platform to perform:
obtaining a procured amount of cloud resources that are available from the at least one cloud service provider;
receiving, from a first client computing device through the client interface, a first resource request for cloud computing resources, wherein the first resource request is indicative of an initial amount of client-assigned cloud resources;
when the initial amount of client-assigned cloud resources does not exceed the procured amount, granting the resource request by providing a first service credential to the first client computing device, wherein the first service credential is indicative of an identification of the first client computing device;
subsequently providing first cloud services to the first client computing device by a presentation, from the first client computing device, of the first service credential;
receiving, from the first client computing device, a first subletting request to sublet a first specified amount of client-assigned cloud resources to a second client computing device; and
when the first subletting request is approved,
providing a second service credential to the second client computing device;
adjusting an available amount of cloud resources for the first client computing device by the first specified amount; and
subsequently providing cloud services to the second client computing device by a presentation, from the second client computing device, of the second service credential.
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