Patent ID: 9336536
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving, by a processor, a customer request for a trial instance of an application, the customer request containing customer information associated with a customer; determining, by the processor, that a blank application instance is available in an instance repository, wherein the blank application instance is a clone from a master application instance; retrieving, by the processor, the blank application instance from the instance repository; configuring, by the processor, the blank application instance according to the customer information; assigning, by the processor, the configured application instance to the customer; determining, by the processor, that a total count of blank application instances in the instance repository is below a predefined threshold; and cloning, by the processor, one or more blank application instances from the master application instance in response to the determination.