Dynamic boundary based monitoring and metering

• US 9,705,763 B2
• Filed: 12/28/2016
• Issued: 07/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2014
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Sivakumar, Gandhi, Harishankar, Raman, Iyer, Sreekanth R., Narendra, Nanjangud C.
• Primary Examiner(s): CHOUDHURY, AZIZUL Q
• Application Number:
  US15/391,964
• Publication Number:
  US 20170104646A1
• Time in Patent Office: 195 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5072 Grid computing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063 Operations research, analysis or management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1435 volume-based
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0213 Standardised network management protocols, e.g. simple network management protocol [SNMP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0233 Object-oriented techniques, for representation of network management data, e.g. common object request broker architecture [CORBA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/046 comprising network management agents or mobile agents therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5096 wherein the managed service relates to distributed or central networked applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/062 related to network traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/065 related to network devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/12 Network monitoring probes
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/43 Billing software details
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/58 based on statistics of usage or network monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/60 based on actual use of network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/66 Policy and charging system
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/24 Accounting or billing

Abstract

In an approach for providing a dynamic boundary based approach for monitoring and metering, a processor provisions at least one agent to one or more network accessible resources, wherein the at least one agent is configured to allow for monitoring and metering. A processor provides at least one dynamic boundary for monitoring and metering. A processor receives information captured by the at least one agent provisioned to the one or more network accessible resources based on the dynamic boundary for monitoring and metering. A processor causes the information to be available for use.

Claims

1. A computer system for providing a dynamic boundary based approach for monitoring and metering, the computer system comprising:

one or more computer microprocessors, one or more computer readable storage media, and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more microprocessors, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions, stored on the one or more computer readable storage media executed by at least one of the one or more microprocessors, to provision at least one agent to one or more network accessible resources, wherein the at least one agent is configured to allow for monitoring and metering, and wherein the at least one agent is optimized to manage the plurality of individual dynamic boundaries;

program instructions, stored on the one or more computer readable storage media executed by at least one of the one or more microprocessors, to provision at least one entity to the one or more network accessible resources, wherein the at least one entity is configured to monitor the one or more network accessible resources for inactive users, and wherein the at least one entity is further configured to trigger archival of information for an inactive user captured by the at least one agent;

program instructions, stored on the one or more computer readable storage media executed by at least one of the one or more microprocessors, to provide at least one dynamic boundary for monitoring and metering, wherein the at least one dynamic boundary follows a top-down approach, and wherein the at least one dynamic boundary comprises a plurality of individual dynamic boundaries, and wherein;

the at least one dynamic boundary has at least one parameter, wherein the at least one parameter identifies at least a user, and wherein the at least one parameter has at least one counter for the at least one agent; and

the at least one dynamic boundary is a dynamic composite boundary, wherein the dynamic composite boundary has at least two parameters, wherein the at least two parameters identify at least two additional dynamic boundaries;

program instructions, stored on the one or more computer readable storage media executed by at least one of the one or more microprocessors, to receive information captured by the at least one agent provisioned to the one or more network accessible resources based on the dynamic boundary for monitoring and metering; and

program instructions, stored on the one or more computer readable storage media executed by at least one of the one or more microprocessors, to cause the information to be available for use.