Patent ID: 9426019
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method of managing electronic resources offered by a resource provider, comprising: under control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions, assigning a first user with a first amount of dedicated capacity of a first electronic resource offered by the resource provider; receiving a request from the first user to associate the first amount of dedicated capacity to a pool of electronic resource capacity offered by the resource provider, the first user and a group of users associated with the pool having access to the pool; adding the first amount of dedicated capacity to the pool; and enabling each user of the group of users to request at least a portion of the first amount of dedicated capacity of the first electronic resource when the portion is not being utilized by another user of the group of users, wherein the first user has priority access to the first amount of dedicated capacity with respect to other users of the group of users.