Patent ID: 8005723

Claim:
A non-transitory computer-readable medium whose stored contents cause a computing system to configure access to invocable services, by performing a method comprising: receiving an indication of a service from a provider that is to be made available to others for remote invocation; automatically configuring multiple distinct access control groups for use in controlling access of others to the indicated service, the automatic configuring being performed by the computing system and including, providing information for display to the provider to indicate multiple options for use prices, wherein the multiple indicated use price options include multiple user-selectable predefined types of use prices; and for each of the groups, determining one or more use conditions for the group and determining a use price for the group that is to be charged for use of the indicated service by others who select the group, wherein the determining of the use price for the group is based at least in part on one or more selections made by the provider of one or more of the indicated multiple use price options, the determined use price being of one of the multiple predefined types of use prices based at least in part on the one or more selections made by the provider; and facilitating access to the indicated service for remote invocation by others in accordance with the multiple configured access control groups.