Hardware pay per use

A hardware pay-per-use system (100) and corresponding method allow computer system operators to tailor their hardware utilization to more closely match changing customer demands. The hardware pay-per-use system includes one or more hardware products (112) and a metering mechanism (113) coupled to at...

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Hauptverfasser:	WINTHROP S REIS, MATTHEW LANE, ROBERT C LEHR, SUSAN NEIDHART, ARTHUR F GREEN, ARIF M SARDAR, RICHARD L BIRRELL, CHRISTOPHER K BUSS, MICHAEL A GRAF, CAROL M UNO, MONICA LASGOITY, PATRICK ALLAIRE, PAULA ZIMON CLAWSON, CYNTHIA G ALDERSON, ANTHONY KEITH TOWLES
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CALCULATING COMPUTING COUNTING DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING ELECTRICITY PHYSICS SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
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Zusammenfassung:	A hardware pay-per-use system (100) and corresponding method allow computer system operators to tailor their hardware utilization to more closely match changing customer demands. The hardware pay-per-use system includes one or more hardware products (112) and a metering mechanism (113) coupled to at least one of the hardware products. The metering mechanism (113) includes a hardware device separate from the hardware products (112). The metering mechanism acquires metrics data from the hardware products, the metrics data related to an operation at the hardware products. The metering mechanism (113) determines data to report on the operation of the hardware products. A usage repository (120) coupled to the metering mechanism (113) receives the determined data and generates usage reports related to the operation of the hardware products (112).