Patent ID: 8495199

Claim:
A system, comprising: a resource collection allocated to a first client of a provider network and linked to a first client network of the first client via a first dedicated physical link; and a connectivity coordinator; wherein the connectivity coordinator is operable to: implement an interface defining connectivity operations available to a plurality of clients of the provider network, including the first client and a second client; transmit a notification formatted in accordance with the interface to the second client indicating that access to a service implemented by the first client at the resource collection is configurable via a path comprising a second dedicated physical link, wherein the second dedicated physical link connects a second client network of the second client to the provider network; and, in response to a subscription request from the second client formatted in accordance with the interface, perform one or more configuration operations to enable a request for the service from the second client network to be routed to the resource collection using the second dedicated physical link.