| CPC G06F 11/0793 (2013.01) [G06F 9/45504 (2013.01); G06F 9/541 (2013.01); H04L 43/04 (2013.01); H04L 63/0428 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A computer-implemented method for intelligent collection and selective sharing of information technology asset inventory over a managed services platform, comprising:
receiving, from a customer, a selection of one or more information technology services of an information technology service provider;
receiving, via a network tunnel between a machine avatar in a computing environment and a base management node, network traffic of the customer addressed to the one or more information technology services;
storing, by one or more processors, a portion of the network traffic;
generating, by the one or more processors, a service notification for the customer based on the portion of the network traffic; and
transmitting, by the one or more processors, the service notification to the machine avatar through the network tunnel.
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