Patent ID: 8103562

Claim:
In a processor based system, having one or more computing systems, each computing system having a corresponding processor, a method comprising: monitoring, by a gateway machine node, a plurality of cycles of a programmable processor in the processor based system to determine a number of the cycles that are performed to execute a predetermined distributed computing task via the processor based system; estimating a value, by the gateway machine node, of the determined number of cycles that are performed to execute the predetermined distributed computing task, wherein estimating the value comprises: establishing a valuation ratio, by the gateway machine node, for the determined number of cycles based on a comparison of the determined number of cycles to a number of work units performable by a reference computer available for rent, establishing the estimated value, by the gateway machine node, for thedetermined number of cycles based on the established valuation ratio for the determined number of cycles in comparison to a cost of renting the reference computer, and apportioning the estimated value between actual determined number of cycles performed, by the processor of the processor based system, and support services performed by an operator of a network for the processor based system; discounting the apportioned estimated value of the cycles that are performed by the processor, when a supply of available number of cycles for the predetermined distributed computing task is higher than a supply of the determined number of cycles to execute the predetermined distributed computing task; issuing, by the gateway machine node, a plurality of certificates to memorialize the discounted apportioned estimated value of the determined number of cycles that are performed for each computing system within the processor based system, wherein the plurality of certificates includes a certificate of charitable contribution for submission to a local or national taxation board; and submitting the certificate of the charitable contribution to the local or national taxation board.