Patent ID: 8578008

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for adjusting capacity on a network, the network including a plurality of interconnected switching devices, comprising: (a) receiving an input that identifies: (i) a network connectivity service provisioned to a user at a first service level, the network connectivity service providing a dedicated network connection between at least two locations, (ii) a time period in the future, and (iii) a second service level for the network connectivity service to provide during the time period in the future; (b) identifying which of the plurality of interconnected switching devices on the network need to be configured to alter the network connectivity service to provide the second service level; (c) determining that the time period identified in the input received in (a) is beginning; (d) when the time period is determined to be beginning in (c), configuring the interconnected switching devices identified in (b) to provide the second service level; (e) determining that the time period identified in the input received in (a) has ended; and (f) when the time period is determined to have ended in (e), configuring each of the interconnected switching devices identified in (b) to provide the first service level.