Patent ID: 8065206
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method for accounting for data processing system service usage, comprising: with a computerized billing system, monitoring a total environmental consumption within an information technology resource; with a processor, determining a percentage of the information technology resource used by a customer; with a processor, determining an environmental factor corresponding to a product of the percentage of the information technology resource used by the customer with the total environmental consumption within the information technology resource and integrating the product over a billing period; with a processor, determining a unified pricing structure based on an information technology factor corresponding to a sum of a total network usage, a total storage usage, and a total processor usage for the customer over the billing period, using byte-based utility computing pricing; with a processor, determining a total bill for the customer according to the environmental factor and the information technology factor; and storing the total bill for the customer in a computer-readable medium.