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TOKEN-BASED PRICING POLICIES FOR BURST-MODE OPERATIONS

  • US 20140379506A1
  • Filed: 06/25/2013
  • Published: 12/25/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system, comprising:

  • one or more computing devices configured to;

    instantiate one or more token buckets associated with workload management at a work target, wherein the work target is configured to operate in a plurality of modes of operation with respective sets of admission control parameters for accepting work requests for execution, and wherein a decision to accept a work request is made based at least in part on a token population of at least one bucket of the one or more token buckets;

    determine a token pricing policy to be applied to a particular token bucket of the one or more token buckets, wherein the token pricing policy indicates (a) one or more applicability criteria for the token pricing policy, including an identification of at least a burst mode of operation of the plurality of modes of operation during which the token pricing policy is to be applied, and (b) a pricing amount, to be charged to a client, for a change to a token population of the particular token bucket;

    record, over a time period, one or more changes to the token population of the particular token bucket, wherein the one or more changes occur during a burst mode of operation of the work target in which the one or more applicability criteria are met; and

    generate a billing amount to be charged to the client based at least in part on the one or more changes recorded over the time period.

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