Patent ID: 9298374
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method of providing one or more computing devices with access to a plurality of resources, the plurality of resources being provided by at least one physical device, the method comprising: receiving data by a first control element from a second control element, said data indicating a plurality of first logical identifiers each being used by the second control element to identify a respective resource of the plurality of resources; storing data at the first control element defining relationships between said plurality of first logical identifiers and a plurality of second logical identifiers associated with at least one of said one or more computing devices; receiving a first request from one of said one or more computing devices, the request including one of the second logical identifiers; using said one of the second logical identifiers to obtain one of the first logical identifiers based on the stored data; and transmitting a second request including said one of the first logical identifiers to the second control element, the second control element being arranged to identify a physical device to provide the respective resource of the plurality of resources associated with said one of the first logical identifiers; wherein each of the plurality of second logical identifiers is used by at least one of the one or more computing devices to identify one of the plurality of resources.