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System and method for billing for hosted services

US8280790B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 13, 2009
Grant dateOct 2, 2012
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Expiry dateJan 13, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q30/04
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Some embodiments provide a system and method for projecting billing of a specified server configuration. In some embodiments, the projected billing is determined by identifying a set of allocated resources for the server configuration. In some embodiments, the set of resources include an amount of allocated RAM, network bandwidth, disk storage, processing power, etc. The set of resources are then projected over a billing period. Some embodiments determine a projection for the configuration as each component of the configuration is specified within a graphical user interface. Additionally, some embodiments determine a projection for the configuration after the entire configuration is specified within the graphical user interface.

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