Cost management for a distributed computing environment
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1. A cost management system for managing data services costs, comprising:
- a terminal connected to an access network;
a data service server connected to said access network, wherein said data service server includes a cost-aware data service;
wherein said terminal is operable to generate a data service cost request that is transmitted to said data service server and said data service server is operable to generate a data service cost response that is transmitted to said terminal.
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Abstract
A cost management system for a mobile computing environment is disclosed. The cost management system includes software routines executed by a client terminal and a server in communication via a data infrastructure. The client terminal may send a data service cost request to the server to discover a cost for accessing a data service provided by the server computer. The server may respond to the request with a data service cost response indicating this cost. The cost management system may then inform a user of the cost, and allow the user to decide whether to access the data service.
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1. A cost management system for managing data services costs, comprising:
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a terminal connected to an access network;
a data service server connected to said access network, wherein said data service server includes a cost-aware data service;
wherein said terminal is operable to generate a data service cost request that is transmitted to said data service server and said data service server is operable to generate a data service cost response that is transmitted to said terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A cost management system for managing data service costs incurred by a terminal configured to access a plurality of data services and a cost-aware portal server, the terminal is associated with the cost-aware portal server over an access network, the cost management system comprising:
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a cost management application located on the terminal, wherein the cost management application is operable to generate a data service recommendation request;
a cost-aware portal application located on the cost-aware portal server, wherein the cost-aware portal application is operable to respond to the data service recommendation request with a data service recommendation; and
wherein the data service recommendation includes a plurality of access methods and a respective data service cost associated with each said access method. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A method for managing data service costs, comprising the steps of:
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generating a data service cost request from a terminal;
transmitting the data service cost request to a data service server;
generating a data service cost response from the data service server; and
transmitting the data service cost response to the terminal. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of managing data service costs, comprising the steps of:
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generating a data service recommendation request from a terminal;
transmitting the data service recommendation request to a cost-aware portal server;
generating a data service recommendation; and
transmitting said data service recommendation to the terminal. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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