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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2019
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Gregory R. Hintermeister, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method includes processing a tagged data unit (TDU) by reading a metadata tag of a received TDU and determining whether the TDU is an excluded TDU or an included TDU. An included TDU is a TDU that is to be included in usage summary information contained in a usage receiver (UR) record. An excluded TDU is a TDU that is not to be included in the usage summary information. Responsive to determining that the TDU is an included TDU, the method includes the information related to the TDU into the usage summary information. Responsive to determining that the TDU is an excluded TDU, the method excludes the information related to the excluded TDU from the usage summary information. Reportable usage summary information is generated from information in the UR record, and, once a reporting criterion is met, the reportable usage summary information is transmitted to the UR.