Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Calculating and communicating level of carbon offsetting required to compensate for performing a computing task
- Patent Title (中): 计算和传达补偿执行计算任务所需的碳补偿水平
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Application No.: US12257584Application Date: 2008-10-24
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Publication No.: US08214841B2Publication Date: 2012-07-03
- Inventor: Jeffrey D. Amsterdam , Rick A. Hamilton, II , Brian M. O'Connell , Clifford A. Pickover , Keith R. Walker
- Applicant: Jeffrey D. Amsterdam , Rick A. Hamilton, II , Brian M. O'Connell , Clifford A. Pickover , Keith R. Walker
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Driggs, Hogg, Daugherty & Del Zoppo Co., LPA
- Agent Patrick J. Daugherty
- Main IPC: G06F9/46
- IPC: G06F9/46

Abstract:
Methods, systems, services and program products are provided for implementing carbon offset computing. During performance of a specified computing task data concerning resource consumption regarding that specified computing task is gathered and stored. Upon completion of the specified computing task, the amount of carbon offset required to compensate for resource consumption associated with performance of the completed specified computing task is calculated based upon stored or known resource consumption data. The calculated amount of carbon offset information may be transmitted to a carbon offset function provider, and a carbon offset function provider implements the specified amount of carbon offset based upon the calculated amounts communicated for the completed specified computing task.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100107171A1 COMPUTING TASK CARBON OFFSETING Public/Granted day:2010-04-29
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