Meeting usage of services in a environment
US8086538B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 29, 2007 |
| Grant date | Dec 27, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 30, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q50/10
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A solution for metering usage of services—for example, in a SOA Framework—is proposed. For this purpose, the submission of any invocation of a provider service by a consumer service is intercepted by a license manager; a corresponding request is then submitted to a dedicated licensing service, which returns an entitlement code when the consumer service is entitled to submit the service invocation. The service invocation is decorated with this entitlement code and actually submitted to the provider service. The (decorated) service invocation addressed to the provider service is likewise intercepted by another license manager; a request is then submitted to the licensing service for verifying the received entitlement code. The running of the provider service is then enabled only if the entitlement code is correct.
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