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US 2006/0218059 A1Published application
System, method, and computer program product for byte-based utility computing pricing
AssigneeElectronic Data Systems Corporation
InventorsJohn Hartley, J. Thomas
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Abstract
A system, method, and computer program product for byte-based utility computing pricing. This embodiment provides a unified pricing unit for storage, network transport, and processing power, enabling the provider to efficiently and effectively charge the consumer for use of computing power and resources.
Claims18
A method for accounting for data processing system service usage, comprising:
- metering network usage;
- integrating network usage over a billing period to determine a total network usage;
- metering storage usage;
- integrating storage usage over the billing period to determine a total storage usage;
- metering processor usage;
- integrating processor usage over the billing period to determine a total processor usage;
- summing the total network usage, total storage usage, and total processor usage to determine a total customer usage;
- and
- determining a total customer bill according to the total customer usage and a billing rate.
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A data processing system having at least a processor and accessible memory, comprising:
- means for receiving network usage data;
- means for integrating the network usage data over a billing period to determine a total network usage;
- means for receiving storage usage data;
- means for integrating the storage usage data over the billing period to determine a total storage usage;
- means for receiving processor usage data;
- means for integrating the processor usage data over the billing period to determine a total processor usage;
- means for summing the total network usage, total storage usage, and total processor usage to determine a total customer usage;
- and
- means for determining a total customer bill according to the total customer usage and a billing rate.
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A computer program product tangibly embodied in a machine-readable medium, comprising:
- instructions for receiving network usage data;
- instructions for integrating the network usage data over a billing period to determine a total network usage;
- instructions for receiving storage usage data;
- instructions for integrating the storage usage data over the billing period to determine a total storage usage;
- instructions for receiving processor usage data;
- instructions for integrating the processor usage data over the billing period to determine a total processor usage;
- instructions for summing the total network usage, total storage usage, and total processor usage to determine a total customer usage;
- and
- instructions for determining a total customer bill according to the total customer usage and a billing rate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.