US 11,699,186 B1
Systems and methods for IT supply chain management on a distributed platform
Delano Seymour, St George's (BM); Douglas Steele, Grand Cayman (KY); and John Cowan, Raleigh, NC (US)
Assigned to EDJX, INC., Raleigh, NC (US)
Filed by EDJX, INC., Raleigh, NC (US)
Filed on Apr. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/226,689.
Application 17/226,689 is a continuation of application No. 16/455,135, filed on Jun. 27, 2019, granted, now 10,984,474.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/691,326, filed on Jun. 28, 2018.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 40/04 (2012.01); G06Q 20/38 (2012.01); G06Q 20/06 (2012.01); H04L 47/283 (2022.01)
CPC G06Q 40/04 (2013.01) [G06Q 20/389 (2013.01); H04L 47/283 (2013.01); G06Q 20/0658 (2013.01); G06Q 2220/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for distributed information technology (IT) resource transactions, comprising:
at least one consumer computer and at least one producer node in network communication with a distributed IT marketplace platform;
wherein each of the at least one producer node comprises a workload manager module and an IT meter;
wherein the at least one consumer computer is operable to submit a workload request to the distributed IT marketplace platform;
wherein the distributed IT marketplace platform is operable to poll information from the workload manager module at each of the at least one producer node regarding the workload request;
wherein the information from the workload manager module includes dynamic surplus capacity information;
wherein the workload manager module is operable to deploy a workload to a corresponding producer node;
wherein the IT meter is operable to collect capacity and metrics information from the at least one producer node; and
wherein the distributed IT marketplace platform is operable to settle the IT resource transactions between the at least one consumer computer and the at least one producer node based on the information from the workload manager module.