Patent ID: 7996820
Filing Date: 2011-08-09
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of determining proportionate use of system resources by applications executing in a shared hosting environment, the method comprising: executing monitor agents, one monitor agent for one or more instances of the applications, including collecting by the monitor agents data describing each instance of use of a system resource by an instance of the applications; storing by the monitor agents the collected data in data records, each data record representing a use of the system resources by a using instance of an application, the using instance comprising an instance of an application that uses a resource as represented by a data record; storing by the monitor agents in the data records monitor tags, the monitor tags identifying each data record and identifying each using instance of an application for each data record; and billing for usage of computer resources in dependence upon information in the data records, including: