Patent ID: 8762295
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computerized method for determining a billing fee for a computer security software, the method comprising: in a computer having a processor configured for: (a) collecting asset value attributes, characterizing value of an asset protected by the security software against a vulnerability attack during a billing period for the security software; the asset value attributes excluding a value of the security software; (b) collecting vulnerability time gap attributes, comprising: a vulnerability time gap for the asset during which the asset has been exposed to the vulnerability attack; the vulnerability time gap being measured from a time instance when a new vulnerability attack has become known to a time instance when a new or updated security software for protecting against the new vulnerability attack has been released or deployed; and a period of time during which the asset has been protected against the vulnerability attack, measured from a time instance when the new or updated security software has been released to a time instance when the new or updated security software has been deployed; and (c) determining the billing fee for the security software for the billing period as a function of the asset value attributes and the vulnerability time gap attributes, wherein the billing fee is inversely proportional to the vulnerability time gap, and proportional to the period of time during which the asset has been protected against the vulnerability attack.