Patent ID: 8065417

Claim:
A method comprising: without receipt of an initial request from a content provider to register one or more resources with a service provider, causing generation, by a content broker that currently hosts the one or more resources on behalf of the content provider, of a user interface for providing the content provider with a recommendation and opportunity to register the one or more resources with a service provider, wherein the recommendation includes identification of a recommended service provider and wherein the recommended service provider is selected by the content broker based on an analysis of prior requests to the content broker for the one or more resources; obtaining registration information at the content broker for registering the one or more resources associated with the content provider with a service provider, the registration information including a request by the content provider to register the one or more resources with a service provider, identification of the one or more resources to be provided by a service provider, and service provider selection criteria; transmitting a service provider generation request from the content broker to the service provider, the service provider generation request corresponding to the registration information; and processing data corresponding to the registration of the one or more resources with the service provider.