Patent ID: 8200555
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for determining an amount to bill a first owner of a first application executing in a computer, and a second owner of a second application executing in said computer, said computer implemented method comprising the steps of: receiving, at said computer, a request made by a remote client computer to transfer a file to said remote client computer, wherein said file is shared by said first application and said second application; determining, by a billing computer, whether said remote client computer made a prior request to said first application at a first time that is more recent to said request to transfer said file than a second time of a prior request made by said remote client computer to said second application; responsive to determining that said remote client computer made a prior request to said first application at a first time that is more recent to said request to transfer said file than a second time of a prior request made by said remote client computer to said second application, the billing computer determining that transfer of said file to said remote client computer should be billed to said first owner; and the billing computer electronically billing said first owner for said transfer of said file to said remote client computer.