Patent ID: 7908363
Filing Date: 2011-03-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: tracking, by a first server location comprising at least one computing platform comprising at least one processor, web services calls from one or more subscribers to the first server location; determining, by the first server location, whether at least one of the one or more subscribers has reached a subscriber limit for the web services calls processed by the first server location, the subscriber limit comprising a threshold number of web services calls; and contacting one or more other server locations via an electronic network to determine whether additional web services calls for the at least one of the one or more subscribers are available in response to the at least one of the one or more subscribers reaching the subscriber limit for the web services calls processed by the first server location; and leasing, by the first server location, one or more additional web services calls from one or more of the other server locations in response to an availability of additional web services calls by the one or more other server locations, wherein in response to the leasing, the subscriber limit is increased to process the one or more additional web services calls by the first server location.