Patent ID: 9722877
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method for building a network, comprising: receiving at an orchestrator from a first dashboard via a first communications network a request for building a first network; providing to the first dashboard for display to a first user a plurality of templates including a virtual network and router each representing a different virtual machine (VM) for performing a network function; receiving at the orchestrator from the first dashboard via the first communications network selections by the first user of at least two of the templates; and configuring, by the orchestrator, the first network having at least one VM corresponding to one of the received templates selected by the first user and another VM corresponding to another of the received templates selected by the first user, wherein the configuring the first network includes selecting, from among a plurality of available network clouds, a network cloud capable of hosting the first network, launching the first network utilizing at least a portion of resources in the selected network cloud, and permitting a predefined group of users to clone the first network after the first network is built via one or more templates.