Patent ID: 7013296

Claim:
A method for controlling an amount of access to a resource in an electronic system to prevent unauthorized access to said resource, wherein a manager of said resource controls said amount of access, said method comprising the steps of: creating electronic security value units associated with said resource under the control of said manager to pay for accessing said resource; creating a pricing strategy, by said manager, for said resource in a denomination of electronic security value units; determining a budget, by said manger, for at least one component of said electronic system to access said resource by payment of said electronic security value units; selectively distributing said electronic security value units by said manager to said component of said electronic system in accordance with said budget; and controlling access of said component to said resource based on said pricing strategy established for said resource and based on an amount of payment by said component, of one or more of said electronic security value units previously distributed to said component in accordance with said budget, wherein said pricing strategy is dynamically adjustable at any time such that said amount of said payment required for said component to access said resource may be changed at any time by said manager.