System and method for network usage metering
OwnerSiew-Hong Yang-Huffmaninventor
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a system and method for metering Internet usage, including monitoring Internet usage by a customer, logging data processing resource consumption by the monitored Internet usage, and determining a quantity of data processing resource consumption logged within a defined time period by the customer. It will be appreciated that network usage by more than one customer at a time may be logged and tabulated by the system and method of the present invention.
Claims20
A method for metering Internet usage comprising the steps of:
- monitoring Internet usage by a customer;
- logging data processing resource consumption information occurring during said monitored Internet usage;
- and
- determining a quantity of data processing resource consumption logged within a defined time period by said customer.
A system for metering network usage by at least one customer comprising:
- a network manager for monitoring interaction with said network of said at least one customer;
- an initial network usage metering table for storing network usage data acquired during individual polling cycles;
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- a modified network usage metering table for storing network service consumption associated with specific time periods and derived from said data acquired during said individual polling cycles.
A computer program product having a computer readable medium having computer program logic recorded thereon for metering Internet usage by a user site in communication with the Internet, the computer program product comprising:
- code for monitoring said Internet usage by said user site;
- code for polling a status of data processing resource consumption by said monitored Internet usage;
- code for tabulating said polled data processing resource consumption status;
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- code for extracting information, from said tabulated data, representing data processing resource consumption occurring within a defined time window.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.