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Automatic enforcement of service-level agreements for providing services over a network

US7305431B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 30, 2002
Grant dateDec 4, 2007
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Expiry dateDec 1, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L41/508
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention deals with the enforcement of Service Level Agreement for the services provided over a client-server network. The invention discloses a method, system and a program product for automatic enforcement of SLAs. This is achieved by automatic metering of requests for service and allocation of resources of the server based on the SLA, current available resources and the needs of the customer.

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