Patent ID: 9652285
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for providing a roaming service to a first client, the first client being associated to at least one application service running on an associated virtual machine as a Cloud service via a primary route between the first client and the at least one application service, the method comprising: providing a first agent on the first client; and providing an alternative route to the primary route between the first client and the at least one application service utilizing a second agent running on a second client, wherein the alternative route is based on a set of preferences submitted by the first client, wherein a first server running the associated virtual machine executing the application service also runs a roaming daemon, the roaming daemon using a profile comprising at least one of a trusted vendor list, a reserved computation volume, an engagement type, a billing threshold, and a security level, and wherein different servers may be selected, according to the profile, to establish the alternative route.