Patent ID: 7707080
Filing Date: 2010-04-27
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for metering use of network-accessible computer resources by multiple users of said computer resources during a same time period, said method comprising: recording, as process accounting information in a memory of a computer system, usage of said computer resources during said time period, said computer resources comprising servers distributed across an infrastructure of a service provider, wherein said usage comprises at least central processing unit (CPU) time, memory usage and input/output (I/O) operations; recording, in said memory, service request information for service requests made by said users to said service provider; correlating, by a processor of said computer system, the recorded process accounting information and the recorded service request information in order to determine resource usage information for each of said service requests for each of said users during said time period, said correlating comprising: charging said users for said service requests based on said allocating of said overlapping usage.