BYTE-BASED METHOD, PROCESS AND ALGORITHM FOR SERVICE-ORIENTED AND UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE USAGE MEASUREMENT, METERING, AND PRICING
First Claim
1. A method for accounting for data processing system service usage, comprising:
- monitoring a total environmental consumption related to an information technology resource;
determining a percentage of the information technology resource used by a customer;
determining an environmental factor corresponding to a product of the percentage of the information technology resource used by the customer with the total environmental consumption related to the information technology resource and integrating the product over a billing period;
determining an information technology factor corresponding to a sum of a total network usage, a total storage usage, and a total processor usage for the customer over the billing period;
determining a total bill for the customer according to the environmental factor and the information technology factor; and
storing the total bill for the customer in a computer-readable medium.
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Abstract
A method for accounting for data processing system service usage is provided. The method comprises monitoring a total environmental consumption related to an information technology resource, determining a percentage of the information technology resource used by a customer, and determining an environmental factor corresponding to a product of the percentage of the information technology resource used by the customer with the total environmental consumption related to the information technology resource and integrating the product over a billing period. The method further comprises determining an information technology factor corresponding to a sum of a total network usage, a total storage usage, and a total processor usage for the customer over the billing period, determining a total bill for the customer according to the environmental factor and the information technology factor, and storing the total bill for the customer in a computer-readable medium.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for accounting for data processing system service usage, comprising:
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monitoring a total environmental consumption related to an information technology resource; determining a percentage of the information technology resource used by a customer; determining an environmental factor corresponding to a product of the percentage of the information technology resource used by the customer with the total environmental consumption related to the information technology resource and integrating the product over a billing period; determining an information technology factor corresponding to a sum of a total network usage, a total storage usage, and a total processor usage for the customer over the billing period; determining a total bill for the customer according to the environmental factor and the information technology factor; and storing the total bill for the customer in a computer-readable medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A data processing system having at least a processor and an accessible memory, comprising:
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monitoring a total environmental consumption related to an information technology resource; determining a percentage of the information technology resource used by a customer; determining an environmental factor by multiplying the percentage of the information technology resource used by the customer with the total environmental consumption related to the information technology resource and integrating the product over a billing period; determining an information technology factor by summing a total network usage, a total storage usage, and a total processor usage for the customer over the billing period; and determining a total bill for the customer according to the environmental factor and the information technology factor. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A machine-readable medium encoded with computer-executable instructions, comprising:
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instructions for monitoring a total environmental consumption related to an information technology resource; instructions for determining a percentage of the information technology resource used by a customer; instructions for determining an environmental factor by multiplying the percentage of the information technology resource used by the customer with the total environmental consumption related to the information technology resource and integrating the product over a billing period; instructions for determining an information technology factor by summing a total network usage, a total storage usage, and a total processor usage for the customer over the billing period; and instructions for determining a total bill for the customer according to the environmental factor and the information technology factor. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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