Billing management system for agricultural services access
AssigneeAGCO Corporation
InventorChristopher Burton O'Neil
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Abstract
Billing for application services may be provided. A plurality of data may be received from a machine. The machine may be determined to be associated with a subscribing user, and an application service associated with the machine may be identified. The plurality of data may be provided to the application service and a charge record associated with the subscribing user may be created.
Claims20
A method for providing billing for application services, the method comprising:
- receiving a plurality of data from a machine;
- determining whether the machine is associated with a subscribing user;
- in response to determining that the machine is identified with the subscribing user, identifying an application service associated with the machine;
- providing the plurality of data to the application service;
- and
- creating a charge record associated with the subscribing user.
A system for providing billing for application services, the system comprising:
- a memory storage;
- and
- a processing unit coupled to the memory storage, wherein the processing unit is operative to:
- receive a plurality of data records from a machine,
- determine whether at least one of the plurality of data records is associated with an application service,
- in response to determining that the at least one of the plurality of data records is associated with the application service, determine whether an account associated with the machine is authorized to access the application service, and
- in response to determining that the account associated with the machine is authorized to access the application service,
- charge the account associated with the machine for access to the application service, and
- provide the at least one of the plurality of data records to the application service.
A computer-readable medium which stores a set of instructions which when executed performs a method for providing billing for application services, the method executed by the set of instructions comprising:
- receiving a data transfer from a machine;
- identifying at least one application service associated with processing the data transfer;
- generating a charge to an account associated with the machine for access to the at least one application service;
- sending at least a portion of the data transfer to the application service for processing;
- and
- providing a charge report to an owner of the machine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.