Transformation of discrete service events into continuous, periodic data for metering and billing of cloud services
US10084721B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 14, 2016 |
| Grant date | Sep 25, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 14, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2009/45595
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A cloud computing system includes services that provide virtual cloud computing resources. The service publishes service events that are transformed into periodic rating data as per centralized, pluggable, service-specific business rules. The cloud computing system includes a metering service that reduces network traffic for billing using a carry-forward mechanism that remembers a last-known rating state. Anomalies in the last-known state, such as, from lost or duplicate service events, can be detected via a reconciliation protocol between the metering service and cloud computing services.
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