US 12,367,073 B2
Management of a scalable pool of workstation instances
Kevin Ibraheem Kelani, Inglewood, CA (US); Airan Landau, Saratoga, CA (US); Kevin L. Cureton, San Francisco, CA (US); Marian Montagnino, Studio City, CA (US); Michelle Lynne Brenner, Los Angeles, CA (US); Thomas A. Cellucci, Scotts Valley, CA (US); Anna J. Brosnahan, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and William Andrew Thurston, Pleasanton, CA (US)
Assigned to NETFLIX, INC., Los Gatos, CA (US)
Filed by NETFLIX, INC., Los Gatos, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/194,097.
Prior Publication US 2022/0283867 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 9/50 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 9/5027 (2013.01) [G06F 2209/5011 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, from a client, a request for a workstation instance having a first configuration;
in response to the request, generating a first workstation pool associated with the first configuration, wherein the first workstation pool includes at least two unassigned workstation instances having the first configuration;
assigning at least a first workstation instance included in the at least two unassigned workstation instances to the client;
receiving a manifest that includes security information associated with a user of the client and identifies one or more content items that are accessible by the user; and
retrieving, from a data store, the one or more content items using the security information.