Secure metering and accounting for cloud services

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9571419
APP PUB NO 20150381526A1
SERIAL NO

14836193

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Managing a service is provided. Information is collected about use of a set of resources by the service. A request is received to verify information regarding a selected portion of a period of time during the use of the set of resources by the service. In response to receiving the request to verify the information regarding the selected portion of the period of time during the use of the set of resources by the service, a description of the use of the set of resources by the service during the selected portion of the period of time is generated using the collected information. A response to the request is created using the generated description of the use of the set of resources by the service during the selected portion of the period of time as proof of validity of the information.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Beaty, Kirk A Goldens Bridge, US 40 1971
Kundu, Ashish Elmsford, US 183 3291
Mohindra, Ajay Yorktown Heights, US 106 3022
Naik, Vijay K Pleasantville, US 44 2587

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