Patent ID: 8112328
Filing Date: 2012-02-07
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for providing secure billing of network accessible services provided to a user, comprising: generating a billing request, having a user name, from a services software agent on a services server after the network accessible services have been completed via the services software agent; sending the billing request from the services software agent to a permissions software agent having group permissions and access rights for devices and services specified by a system administrator; retrieving at the permissions software agent a user's billing account based on the user name and a service name looked up in the permissions software agent on a system server; creating a billing reply by the permissions software agent that includes a user name, service name and account number; sending the billing reply from the permissions software agent to the services software agent which requests a charge amount for the network accessible services; creating an accounting message in the services software agent that contains the user name, service name, account number and charge amount; and sending the accounting message from the services software agent to a billing software agent on a billing server.