Patent ID: 8615400
Filing Date: 2013-12-24
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable medium being operable to: associate each of a plurality of tenants with a respective virtual portal based on one or more virtual portal properties of the respective virtual portal using a processor of the computer infrastructure, wherein the one or more virtual portal properties comprises an indirect external data-source-based reference to the associated tenant; deploy portal proprietary applications associated with each of the plurality of tenants to each respective said virtual portal; route one or more clients associated with each of the plurality of tenants to the respective virtual portals associated with each of the plurality of tenants; individually meter virtual portal usage by the one or more clients of the portal proprietary applications at each respective virtual portal; and determine a fee amount for the each of the plurality of tenants based on an aggregate sum of the individually metered virtual portal usage by the one or more clients associated with each of the plurality of the tenants, wherein: