Patent Document ID: 9223635
Application ID: 13662483
Patent Flag: 1

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