WO2004088507A3 - Apparatus and method for providing metered capacity of computer resources - Google Patents

Apparatus and method for providing metered capacity of computer resources Download PDF

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WO2004088507A3
WO2004088507A3 PCT/GB2004/001249 GB2004001249W WO2004088507A3 WO 2004088507 A3 WO2004088507 A3 WO 2004088507A3 GB 2004001249 W GB2004001249 W GB 2004001249W WO 2004088507 A3 WO2004088507 A3 WO 2004088507A3
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Daniel Charles Birkestrand
Randall Lane Grimm
David Otto Lewis
Terry Lyle Schardt
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Daniel Charles Birkestrand
Randall Lane Grimm
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Terry Lyle Schardt
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Abstract

An apparatus and method provides the capability of metering temporary capacity on demand in a computer system. A resource-time is specified, such as processor-days. The actual usage of the resource is monitored, and the customer is charged for only the actual usage of the resource. In this manner a customer may purchase a specified resource-time, and is only charged for the time that the resource is actually used. The preferred embodiments extend to metering temporary capacity on demand in a logically partitioned computer system. If a resource is shared, the actual usage of the resource is monitored, and the customer is only billed for actual usage that exceeds a predetermined non-zero threshold.
PCT/GB2004/001249 2003-04-03 2004-03-22 Apparatus and method for providing metered capacity of computer resources WO2004088507A2 (en)

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JP2006506004A JP2006523875A (en) 2003-04-03 2004-03-22 Apparatus, method and program for providing computer resource measurement capacity
CA002519221A CA2519221A1 (en) 2003-04-03 2004-03-22 Apparatus and method for providing metered capacity of computer resources

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US10/406,652 2003-04-03
US10/406,652 US8135795B2 (en) 2003-04-03 2003-04-03 Method to provide on-demand resource access
US10/616,676 2003-07-10
US10/616,676 US7627506B2 (en) 2003-07-10 2003-07-10 Method of providing metered capacity of temporary computer resources

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