US 12,069,149 B2
Computing resource usage control using seed and token generation
Pierre-Yves Chibon, Paris la Defense (FR); and Leigh Griffin, Waterford (IE)
Assigned to Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US)
Filed by Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US)
Filed on Apr. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/725,223.
Prior Publication US 2023/0344918 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 67/60 (2022.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/60 (2022.05) [H04L 63/083 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a computing system comprising one or more processor devices, a first seed, a first computing resource characteristic, and a first computing resource permitted condition corresponding to the first computing resource characteristic;
subsequent to receiving the first seed, receiving, by the computing system, a first request from a first requestor to implement a first computing element that utilizes the first computing resource characteristic, the first request including a first computing resource value for the first computing resource characteristic;
receiving, by the computing system from the first requestor, a first requestor token;
generating, by the computing system, using the first seed, a first server token;
determining, by the computing system, that the first requestor token matches the first server token;
determining, by the computing system, that the first computing resource value meets the first computing resource permitted condition; and
in response to determining that the first requestor token matches the first server token and determining that the first computing resource value meets the first computing resource permitted condition, granting, by the computing system, the first request to implement the first computing element.