Internet Control Management and Accounting in a Utility Computing Environment
First Claim
1. A method for internet control and management in an utility computing environment comprising:
- a set of client end devices that connect to a set of servers for their applications and Internet needs of its users;
a set of servers each of which provide access to Internet and applications to the set of client devices;
a control server that is capable of identifying each client and hence each user separately through many connections reach the Internet through a common server, called terminal server;
a system that is capable of identifying each user in a utility computing environment by a unique IP address at any given point of time and from anywhere in the Internet though the users connect to the Internet through a common server;
authenticating each user in a utility computing network having the said unique IP address and connected to a terminal server with the ISP'"'"'s authentication server such that only authenticated internet access requests are forwarded to the ISP'"'"'s gateway;
allowing only authenticated users of the utility computing network to use said ISP'"'"'s Internet bandwidth for accessing internet; and
tracking the internet data exchange done by the individual users of the utility computing network based on said unique IP address in an utility computing environment.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of Internet usage tracking and billing in a utility computing environment and also to a system for control, management and accounting of the said internet usage on per user basis. The present invention is also directed to resolve the issue of same IP address for multiuser and tracking of the Internet usage and bandwidth control on consolidation in utility computing environment, by introducing a separate Utility Computing Internet Control Server (ICS) between the terminal server (TS) and the Internet. All internet traffic originating from the TS are redirected to go through the ICS. The invented system and the method of dynamic control and management according to the present invention deal primarily with the tracking and billing model of the Internet resource in the Utility Computing Environment on per user basis.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for internet control and management in an utility computing environment comprising:
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a set of client end devices that connect to a set of servers for their applications and Internet needs of its users; a set of servers each of which provide access to Internet and applications to the set of client devices; a control server that is capable of identifying each client and hence each user separately through many connections reach the Internet through a common server, called terminal server; a system that is capable of identifying each user in a utility computing environment by a unique IP address at any given point of time and from anywhere in the Internet though the users connect to the Internet through a common server; authenticating each user in a utility computing network having the said unique IP address and connected to a terminal server with the ISP'"'"'s authentication server such that only authenticated internet access requests are forwarded to the ISP'"'"'s gateway; allowing only authenticated users of the utility computing network to use said ISP'"'"'s Internet bandwidth for accessing internet; and tracking the internet data exchange done by the individual users of the utility computing network based on said unique IP address in an utility computing environment.
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2. A method for internet control, management and accounting internet usage in an utility computing environment comprising:
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two different networks with different IP address ranges—
one between the user end computing access device and the set of utility computing servers and two between the utility computing servers and the Internet;identifying each user in a utility computing environment by a unique IP address at any given point of time and from anywhere in the Internet; authenticating each user in a network of computers having said unique IP address and connected to a terminal server with the ISP'"'"'s authentication server such that only authenticated internet access requests are forwarded to the ISP'"'"'s gateway; tracking the internet data exchange done by the individual users based on said unique IP address in an utility computing environment; and generating billing data of respective users based on the said respective usage and data exchange, wherein the billing data for the users of the utility computing environment are reported to the ISP in a standard compliant protocol. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7)
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3. (canceled)
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8. (canceled)
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