Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for network services metering
- Patent Title (中): 网络服务计量的方法和装置
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Application No.: US11396402Application Date: 2006-03-31
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Publication No.: US07908358B1Publication Date: 2011-03-15
- Inventor: Aditya K. Prasad , Sorin Gherman , Alan S. Geller , Rahul Singh , Nicholas J. Lee
- Applicant: Aditya K. Prasad , Sorin Gherman , Alan S. Geller , Rahul Singh , Nicholas J. Lee
- Applicant Address: US NV Reno
- Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NV Reno
- Agency: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.
- Agent Robert C. Kowert
- Main IPC: G06F15/173
- IPC: G06F15/173

Abstract:
Method and apparatus for metering network services, for example Web services. In embodiments, a network services metering system may collect network service usage information via an add usage interface and store the usage information in a database. In one embodiment, the usage information may be partitioned into two or more partitions. Once the usage information has been aggregated and stored, the metering system may be queried to obtain usage statistics such as aggregate usage over specific time intervals. In one embodiment, a pipeline mechanism that generates and processes batches of usage information may be implemented for adding usage information to the database. The pipeline mechanism may help to reduce or eliminate redundancy and loss of usage information, and may make the metering system linearly scalable in multiple dimensions.
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