US 8,559,324 B1 · Network routing metering

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for network routing metering are disclosed. In some embodiments, various changes to the routes, and other actions requested by a computer system, physical or virtual, can be metered. Those actions may be performed and later rated in order to determine what amount, if any, to charge an account associated with the requesting network participant system. The network participant system can be billed based on the activities performed on its behalf. Therefore, even if a network is performing poorly and requires more resources that would normally be allowed by a neighboring router, if the network owner pays to have these requests performed, then the embodiments herein can allocate more resources to supporting the network's rapidly changing network.

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Dependent claims

A system for routing metering, the system comprising:

a routing metering system comprising one or more processors, the routing metering system configured to:
receive a routing table request from a network participant system to update a stored routing table, the routing table request comprising multiple requested routing table actions;
perform the requested update to the stored routing table only if an entity associated with the network participant system agrees to pay to have the requested routing table actions, taken in aggregate, performed;
meter the performed update;
rate the performed update to determine a billable monetary cost associated with the performed update;
and
in response to the performed update having a billable monetary cost, charge an account associated with the network participant system based at least in part on the performed update to the stored routing table.

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