Patent Document ID: 20130086273
Application ID: 13645073
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for sealing a plurality of computing resources for a plurality of network devices over a network, wherein at least one network device is operative to perform actions, comprising: generating predictive usage data and current usage data for at least one computing service, wherein the predictive usage data and current usage data is based on operational data from at least a portion of the plurality of network devices; selecting at least one computing resource for scaling based on at least one business rule associated with the at least one computing service; generating at least one scaling value for the at least one computing resource based on at least a portion of the predictive usage data and at least a portion of the current usage data; and if a magnitude of the at least one scaling value exceeds a first threshold, automatically sealing an allocation of the at least one computing resource for the at least one computing service based at least in part on the at least one scaling value.