USPTO Patent Grant US12586018B2 - Service Instance Creation System

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Published March 24th, 2026

Detected March 25th, 2026

Summary

The USPTO has granted patent US12586018B2 to Shopify Inc. for a system and method for creating a service instance. The patent describes a computer-implemented process for managing service instance creation, including estimating task completion times and user interaction.

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued patent US12586018B2, titled 'Service instance creation system, patent US12586018B2', to Shopify Inc. The patent covers a computer-implemented method and system for creating service instances, which involves receiving a request, determining server operations for configuration, estimating task completion times, and presenting user configuration tasks. The patent was granted on March 24, 2026, with a filing date of January 22, 2021.

This patent grant is primarily an intellectual property notification and does not impose new regulatory obligations on businesses. However, companies operating in the e-commerce and cloud service sectors, particularly those utilizing or developing similar service instance creation technologies, should be aware of this granted patent. Shopify Inc. now holds exclusive rights to the patented invention, which may impact competitors or entities seeking to implement similar systems.

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System and method for creating a service instance

Grant US12586018B2 Kind: B2 Mar 24, 2026

Assignee

Shopify Inc.

Inventors

Michael Patrick Joseph Whitham, Ryan Musgrave

Abstract

A computer-implemented method and system for creating a service instance are described. The computer-implemented method may include receiving a request to create a service instance for a service to be executed on a server; determining one or more server operations to complete one or more service configuration tasks in creating the service instance; calculating an estimated time to complete the one or more server operations; determining one or more user configuration tasks to be completed for configuring the service instance based on the estimated time to complete the one or more server operations; and presenting the one or more user configuration tasks to a user for completion while performing the one or more server operations.