KR102667194B1 - Cloud infrastructure shared resource billing division method and system - Google Patents

Abstract

In the cloud infrastructure shared resource billing division method, the project department of the service provision server receives and stores metadata and additional information from the user terminal, and the project department of the service provision server creates resources for the project or combines existing resources and projects. A matching step, a step where the metering processing unit of the service providing server receives information on all shared resources used through API, a step of classifying and metering the asset information of the resource among the received resource information, and a billing processing unit of the service providing server. A step of calculating the primary price of resources based on the information metered by the metering processing unit, and the billing division of the service providing server calculates the primary price calculated by the billing processing unit and the metadata and additional information stored in the project department. It includes a step of performing a billing split process based on the billing splitting process to settle the final amount, and a step of transmitting the billing splitting process performed and the final settled amount information to the user terminal by the billing splitting unit of the service providing server.

Description

Cloud infrastructure shared resource billing division method and system}

The present invention relates to a method and system for dividing cloud infrastructure shared resource billing, measuring the amount of shared usage of infrastructure resources such as servers and networks, and dividing the billing to enable flexible billing changes related to each resource. This relates to a method and system for dividing cloud infrastructure shared resource billing.

Cloud is a type of Internet-based computing that can be accessed from anywhere and is a model that enables on-demand access. The characteristics of the cloud include the ability to use it online immediately when needed and the advantage of being able to use resources flexibly. Conventionally, when setting charges for cloud resources, a wide variety of metering and billing methods, such as quota-based, are used. At this time, the billing system generally uses a dynamic pay-per-use method that charges an amount for each independent resource based on real-time metered information in line with the elastic cloud environment.

However, in an enterprise environment, the same services are often required, and infrastructure resources are often shared to use the same services. There is currently no billing system in place for shared use of infrastructure resources, and there is the inconvenience of having to post-process the billed amount.

Prior art includes Domestic Patent No. 10-2357163 (a cloud computing system based on a deferred billing format and a method of providing cloud computing services using the same), but by paying a deferred bill corresponding to the computing resources used by the user, the user It simply discloses that high-quality computing cloud services can be provided regardless of the computing resources of the terminal, and that by paying a reasonable fee corresponding to the computing resources used, the reasonableness of the user's payment can be increased and the profit rate of the system can be increased. .

The problem that the present invention aims to solve is to measure the amount of shared usage of infrastructure resources such as servers and networks, and to divide the billing for shared cloud infrastructure resources by dividing the billing to enable flexible billing changes related to each resource. To provide methods and systems.

In the cloud infrastructure shared resource billing division method, the project department of the service provision server receives and stores metadata and additional information from the user terminal, and the project department of the service provision server creates resources for the project or combines existing resources and projects. A matching step, a step where the metering processing unit of the service providing server receives information on all shared resources used through API, a step of classifying and metering the asset information of the resource among the received resource information, and a billing processing unit of the service providing server. A step of calculating the primary price of resources based on the information metered by the metering processing unit, and the billing division of the service providing server calculates the primary price calculated by the billing processing unit and the metadata and additional information stored in the project department. It includes a step of performing a billing split process based on the billing splitting process to settle the final amount, and a step of transmitting the billing splitting process performed and the final settled amount information to the user terminal by the billing splitting unit of the service providing server.

In the cloud infrastructure shared resource billing division system, metadata and additional information are received and stored from the user terminal and the user terminal that transmits the metadata and additional information to the service provision server, and resources are created in the project or existing resources and projects. Matching, receiving information on all shared resources used through API, classifying and metering the asset information of the resource among the received resource information, calculating the primary price of the resource based on the metered information, and calculating the above It includes a service provision server that performs billing division processing based on the first price and stored metadata and additional information to settle the final amount.

According to the present invention, it is possible to measure the amount of shared usage of infrastructure resources such as servers and networks, and divide the billing to enable flexible billing changes in relation to each resource.

Additionally, through defined division criteria, it is possible to automate the division of amounts according to the usage of shared cloud infrastructure resources.

Figure 1 is a flowchart illustrating a method of dividing cloud infrastructure shared resource billing according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a configuration diagram illustrating a cloud infrastructure shared resource billing division system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 3 is a configuration diagram illustrating a method of collecting billing resources of cloud infrastructure and settling final amount information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Specific structural or functional descriptions of the embodiments according to the concept of the present invention disclosed in this specification are merely illustrative for the purpose of explaining the embodiments according to the concept of the present invention, and the embodiments according to the concept of the present invention are It may be implemented in various forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein.

Since the embodiments according to the concept of the present invention can make various changes and have various forms, the embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in this specification. However, this is not intended to limit the embodiments according to the concept of the present invention to specific disclosed forms, and includes all changes, equivalents, or substitutes included in the spirit and technical scope of the present invention.

The terms used in this specification are merely used to describe specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In this specification, terms such as “comprise” or “have” are intended to designate the presence of features, numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof described in this specification, but are not intended to indicate the presence of one or more other features. It should be understood that it does not exclude in advance the existence or possibility of addition of elements, numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings attached to this specification.

Figure 1 is a flowchart illustrating a method of dividing cloud infrastructure shared resource billing according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the cloud infrastructure shared resource billing division method involves the project unit 210 receiving and storing metadata and additional information from the user terminal 100 (S101), and the project unit 210 providing resources to the project. Create or match existing resources and projects (S103). The metadata may be at least one of information about shared resources and billing division information, but is not necessarily limited thereto. The above additional information may be a standard for additional billing division, but is not necessarily limited thereto. The metering processing unit 220 receives information on all shared resources used through the API, classifies asset information of the resources among the received resource information, and meters them (S105). The API (Application Programming Interface) may provide one or more hypervisor or resource information, but is not necessarily limited thereto.

The billing processing unit 230 calculates the primary price of the resource based on the information metered by the metering processing unit 220 (S107). The first price is calculated based on metering information that measures the amount of shared resources used. The billing division unit 240 performs billing division processing based on the first price calculated by the billing processing unit 230 and the metadata and additional information stored in the project department 210 to settle the final amount (S109) ). The billing division unit 240 transmits the billing splitting process performed and the final settled amount information to the user terminal 100 (S111).

Figure 2 is a configuration diagram illustrating a cloud infrastructure shared resource billing division system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Figure 2, the cloud infrastructure shared resource billing division system 10 consists of a user terminal 100 and a service providing server 200.

The user terminal 100 can receive metadata and additional information and transmit them to the service providing server 200. The metadata may be at least one of information about shared resources and billing division information, but is not necessarily limited thereto. The above additional information may be an additional billing division standard, but is not necessarily limited thereto. In one embodiment, the metadata and additional information transmitted from the user terminal 100 to the service providing server 200 may predefine a billing split ratio for using shared resources.

The service provision server 200 consists of a project unit 210, a metering processing unit 220, a billing processing unit 230, a billing division unit 240, a communication unit 250, and a control unit 260.

When creating a project, the project unit 210 may receive metadata and additional information from the user terminal 100 and store them. Additionally, the project department 210 may create infrastructure resources for the project or match previously created infrastructure resources to the project. The metadata may be at least one of information about shared resources and billing division information, but is not necessarily limited thereto. The above additional information may be a standard for additional billing division, but is not necessarily limited thereto.

The metering processing unit 220 can receive information on the entire cloud infrastructure shared resources used through API, classify asset information of the resource among the received resource information, and perform metering. In one embodiment, metering of EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) can be performed using an ECU (EC2 Compute Unit), a unit that indicates how much CPU is allocated to a specific virtual machine. In another embodiment, metering can be performed by measuring the usage of shared resources based on CPU usage time, storage amount and traffic volume, and network traffic volume. The API (Application Programming Interface) may provide one or more hypervisor or resource information, but is not necessarily limited thereto.

The billing processing unit 230 can calculate the primary price of cloud infrastructure shared resources based on the information metered by the metering processing unit 220. The first price is calculated based on metering information that measures the amount of shared resources used.

The billing division unit 240 performs billing division processing using the primary price calculated by the billing processing unit 230 and the metadata and additional information stored in the project unit 210 as a division standard to determine the final amount. It can be settled. Since the billing division unit 240 can perform billing division processing based on the division criteria already stored in the project department 210, final amount settlement can be automated and work efficiency can be increased. In addition, rather than setting the charge for cloud infrastructure shared resources only at the primary price calculated based on metering information that measures the usage of shared resources, the billing division unit 240 uses the predefined price stored in the project unit 210. Since it is possible to divide the amount through the division criteria, it is possible to suggest a way to use infrastructure resources more efficiently. The billing division unit 240 may transmit information on the billing splitting process performed and the final settled amount to the user terminal 100 .

The communication unit 250 allows each component of the user terminal 100 and the service providing server 200 to communicate through a network. The network means may include at least one CDMA-based (or HSDPA-based) mobile communication network, and/or IEEE 802.16x-based high-speed wireless Internet, and/or IEEE 802.11x-based wireless LAN communication network, but is necessarily limited thereto. It doesn't work. The control unit 260 can control each configuration of the service providing server 200.

Figure 3 is a configuration diagram illustrating a method of collecting billing resources of cloud infrastructure and settling final amount information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Figure 3, the method of settling the final settlement amount information among the resource information subject to cloud infrastructure charging involves receiving metadata and additional information from the user when creating a project and predefining the billing division standard. Afterwards, metering processing is performed by receiving information on cloud infrastructure shared resources through API, and billing processing is performed to determine the first price based on the metered information. In this case, the first price may be simple hardware metering, and simple hardware metering alone cannot properly measure the value of the service provided to the user. In one embodiment, if more resources than necessary are used to perform a function requested by the user due to a software malfunction or inefficiently written code, there may be a discrepancy between the results measured by metering and the value actually provided to the user. For this reason, based on the metadata and additional information saved when creating a project, shared resources can be classified, billing division processing can be performed, and the final amount can be settled. The above additional information may be an additional billing division standard, or may be an additional billing division standard that is lacking in metadata, which is information about shared resources and a billing division standard.

The invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, but these are merely illustrative, and those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and other equivalent embodiments are possible therefrom. Therefore, the true scope of technical protection of the present invention should be determined by the technical spirit of the attached registration claims.

10; Cloud infrastructure shared resource billing division system
100; User terminal 200; Service provision server
210; Project Department 220; Metering processing department
230; Billing Processing Department 240; Billing installment
250; Department of Communications 260; control unit

Claims (5)

In the cloud infrastructure shared resource billing division method,
A project unit of the service providing server receiving and storing metadata and additional information from the user terminal;
A step where the project department of the service provision server creates resources for the project or matches existing resources with the project;
A metering processing unit of the service providing server receives information on all shared resources used through API, classifies asset information of the resources among the received resource information, and meters them;
A billing processing unit of the service providing server calculating the primary price of the resource based on the information metered by the metering processing unit;
A billing division department of the service providing server performs billing division processing based on the first price calculated by the billing processing department and metadata and additional information stored in the project department to settle the final amount; and
A step where the shared resources charging department of the service providing server transmits the details of the billing division processing performed and the final settled amount information to the user terminal,
The metadata is at least one of information about shared resources and billing division standards,
The API provides one or more hypervisor or resource information,
The first price is calculated based on metering information that measures the amount of shared resources used,
The additional information is an additional billing division standard that is lacking in the metadata,
A cloud infrastructure shared resource billing division method, characterized in that the billing division unit performs billing division processing based on billing division standards stored in the project department.


delete delete A user terminal that transmits metadata and additional information to the service provision server; and
Receive and store metadata and additional information from the user terminal, create resources in the project or match existing resources with the project, receive information on all shared resources used through API, and select resources from the received resource information. Classify and meter asset information, calculate the primary price of resources based on the metered information, and perform billing division processing based on the calculated primary price, stored metadata, and additional information to determine the final price. Includes a service provision server that settles the settlement,
The primary price is calculated based on metering information that measures the usage of shared resources, the additional information is an additional billing division standard that is insufficient in the metadata, and the billing division is based on the billing division standard stored in the project department. A cloud infrastructure shared resource billing split system characterized by performing billing split processing.
According to paragraph 4,
A cloud infrastructure shared resource charging division system, wherein the metadata is at least one of information about shared resources and a charging division standard.

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