Patent ID: 9294371
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, by a cloud management system, a request for cloud usage data associated with a usage of different instances of a computing resource provisioned on multiple cloud computing platforms that each are sourced by a different cloud computing platform provider, wherein the request for cloud usage data is initiated through a graphical user interface; obtaining, by the cloud management system, events that each (i) indicate a usage of an instance of the computing resource provisioned on the multiple cloud computing platforms that each are sourced by a different cloud computing platform provider and (ii) indicate a respective user; generating, from the events, the cloud usage data associated with the usage of the different instances of the computing resource provisioned on the multiple cloud computing platforms that each are sourced by a different cloud computing platform provider, organized by user; and providing the cloud usage data, organized by user, for display through the graphical user interface in response to the request.