Patent ID: 7996332
Filing Date: 2011-08-09
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for determining cost allocation factors wherein all steps are performed by a computer, the method comprising: (a) identifying one or more sets of computer-performance data related to a number of transactions processed by an application running on a computing device during a first span of time, wherein the one or more sets of computer-performance data comprises at least one of input/output utilization, computer processor unit utilization, memory utilization, disk-access utilization, and packet-rate utilization, and wherein the transactions comprise one or more software instructions running on the computing device; (b) counting the number of transactions associated with the application; (c) communicating the one or more sets of computer-performance data and the number of transactions to a data structure; (d) determining a cost-allocation factor from the one or more sets of the computer-performance data and from the number of transactions, wherein determining the cost-allocation factor comprises: (e) without user interaction, repeating steps (a), (b), (c), and (d) to determine cost-allocation factors for additional applications running on the computing device.