Patent ID: 9456011
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising the steps of: maintaining a registry corresponding to at least one of products and services offered by a cloud provider entity for use in providing a data center for a customer entity, the data center comprising a plurality of cloud computing resources connected over a network; providing a central interface for presenting information maintained in the registry and for presenting one or more features operative to allow the customer entity to at least one of create and change a configuration of the data center; wherein the customer entity, through the central interface, is enabled to: obtain at least one of the data center products and services, configure the obtained one of the data center products and services, and manage the configured one of the data center products and services, such that the customer obtains a customized data center configuration through the central interface and the registry; forming a customer-specific application that implements at least a portion of the configuration of the data center of the customer entity, wherein the customer-specific application is configured with logic specific to the customer entity, wherein the registry comprises one or more application templates each comprising at least one application programming interface for one or more customer devices running the customer-specific application, wherein forming the customer-specific application comprises employing the one or more application templates, and wherein the customer-specific application is automatically deployed by the registry; and integrating the customer-specific application with one or more other data center products and services that exist in the configuration of the data center of the customer entity; wherein the integrating comprises inserting the logic into the existing one or more other data center products and services; and wherein the steps are performed by at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory.