Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.p.

Carol Uno

Edgar Circenis

Robert C Lehr

Patrick Allaire

Christopher K Buss

Ramesh Bodapati

Matthew Lane

Paula Zimon Clawson

Winthrop Reis

Michael Graf

Arthur F Green

Cynthia Alderson

Monica Lasgoity

Richard Birrell

Arif Sardar

Susan C Neidhart

Anthony Keith Towles

A hardware pay-per-use system 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 and a metering mechanism coupled to at least one of the hardware products. The metering mechanism includes a hardware device separate from the hardware products. The metering mechanism acquires metrics data from the hardware products, the metrics data related to an operation at the hardware products. The metering mechanism determines data to report on the operation of the hardware products. A usage repository coupled to the metering mechanism receives the determined data and generates usage reports related to the operation of the hardware products.

Hardware pay-per-use

A method for electronic tracking of an electronic device. Identifying information is received about the electronic device, wherein the identifying information uniquely identifies the electronic device. An electronic transmission is received from the electronic device. Provided the electronic transmission is a request to access a component of the electronic device, an access key is transmitted to a system contact, wherein the access key is for providing access to the component.

Method for electronic tracking of an electronic device

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San Jose, CA, United States of America

Carol Uno