TRANSFORMING A BASE MULTI-TENANT CLOUD TO A WHITE LABELED RESELLER CLOUD

摘要

An approach is provided for transforming a base multi-tenant cloud into a white labeled cloud of a reseller. A first customer request for a cloud-based service is received by the reseller. Based on a central identification of a customer mapped to a local identification, a second request for the service is sent from the reseller to the cloud provider, indicating the customer is an apparent source of the second request and an apparent customer of the cloud provider, and obscuring the reseller being an actual source of the second request and the customer being an actual customer of the reseller. A customer notification is sent from the reseller, which white labels the provision of the service by indicating the reseller is an apparent provider of the service and obscuring the cloud provider being an actual provider of the service.

主权项

1. A method of transforming a base multi-tenant cloud into a white labeled cloud of a reseller, the method comprising the steps of:
a computer generating a local user identification (ID) of a customer of the reseller; based on the local user ID of the customer, the computer generating a central user ID of the customer; the computer mapping the local user ID of the customer to the central user ID of the customer; the computer receiving from the customer a first request for a provision of a service for the customer by the reseller, the first request indicating the local user ID of the customer; based at least in part on the central user ID of the customer being mapped to the local user ID and responsive to the first request, the computer sending a second request from the reseller for a provision of the service for the customer by the provider of the base multi-tenant cloud, which indicates to the provider of the base multi-tenant cloud that the customer is an apparent source of the second request and an apparent customer of the provider of the base multi-tenant cloud, and which obscures to the provider of the base multi-tenant cloud that the reseller is an actual source of the second request and the customer is an actual customer of the reseller; based on a notification address of the customer being based on the central user ID and being accessible to the provider of the base multi-tenant cloud, the computer receiving from the provider of the base multi-tenant cloud a first notification directed to the notification address, the first notification indicating the second request is fulfilled; and responsive to the first notification being received, the computer sending a second notification from the reseller to the customer via another notification address which is based on the local user ID, the second notification indicating that the service is provided to the customer, which white labels the provision of the service by indicating to the customer that the reseller is an apparent provider of the service to the customer, and by obscuring to the customer that the provider of the base multi-tenant cloud is an actual provider of the service to the customer.