Patent attributes
A system can include program instructions embodied with the computer-readable storage medium and executable by a processor to cause the system to: automatically determine to make a bid for resources to add to a computer network of a client receive, from a virtual marketplace, a communication indicating that the bid satisfies an offer for additional resources made by an infrastructure provider gateway; successfully negotiate a link with the infrastructure provider gateway such that the additional resources are thereby usable by the client as part of the computer network of the client integrate the additional resources with the computer network of the client and maintain the link with the infrastructure provider gateway until a period of time expires.
