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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2022
Lenovo Global Technology (United States) Inc., Morrisville, NC (US);
Brian E. Finley, Allen, TX (US);
Robert Furda, Bratislava, SK;
Eric R. Kern, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Asmaa El Andaloussi, Asnieres-sur-Seine, FR;
Paola Martinez Morales, Wendell, NC (US);
Lenovo Global Technology (United States) Inc., Morrisville, NC (US);
Abstract
A method for data storage metering and billing includes receiving, at an owner server on a periodic basis, storage utilization data. The storage utilization data includes one or more measurements of data storage usage for data storage at a customer location of a customer where the customer location is remote from the owner server. The method includes calculating, from the storage utilization data, average storage utilization data that includes an average of the storage utilization data from the customer location for a billing period. The method includes calculating billing information for the average storage utilization data for the billing period where the billing information is calculated from the average storage utilization data and a calculated storage billing rate, and providing, to the customer, access to the billing information.