Patent Document ID: 20140123135
Application ID: 13662483
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. One or more tangible computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause a computing device to: identify a plurality of network elements in a cloud of computing resources; store a first network offering associated with a first subset of the plurality of network elements into a first network offering; store a second network offering associated with a second subset of the plurality of network elements into a first network offering; receive an end user request to create a new virtual machine within the cloud of computing resources; receive a selection associated with the end user request to create a new virtual machine, the selection identifying one of the first network offering or the second network offering; and create a first virtual machine in response to the end user request, wherein the first virtual machine is configured to use the subset of network elements corresponding to the selected first or second network offering.