Patent attributes
An expanded availability computing system includes a first and second computing systems coupled together via a network. The first computing system includes a device access controller subsystem coupled to devices and a central processing subsystem that is configured to provide Software Defined Service(s) (SDS(s)) using the devices via the device access controller subsystem. A networking subsystem coupled to the device access controller subsystem determines that the at least one SDS is unavailable, configures the device access controller subsystem to receive SDS communications from the networking subsystem, enables remote access for the second computing system via the networking subsystem and through device access controller subsystem to the devices, and transmits SDS communications received from the second computing system to the devices via the device access controller subsystem so that the second computing device provides the SDS(s) using the devices via the device access controller subsystem.