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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2009
S. Christopher Gladwin, Chicago, IL (US);
Matthew M. England, Chicago, IL (US);
Zachary J. Mark, Chicago, IL (US);
Vance T. Thornton, Chicago, IL (US);
Joshua J. Mullin, Chicago, IL (US);
Sejal Kumarbhai Modi, Chicago, IL (US);
S. Christopher Gladwin, Chicago, IL (US);
Matthew M. England, Chicago, IL (US);
Zachary J. Mark, Chicago, IL (US);
Vance T. Thornton, Chicago, IL (US);
Joshua J. Mullin, Chicago, IL (US);
Sejal Kumarbhai Modi, Chicago, IL (US);
Cleversafe, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a processing module and a network interface. The processing module is operably coupled to: access user level metadata based on account identifier to identify a plurality of files associated with a user and retrieve user level metadata for the plurality of files; access file level metadata associated with the plurality of files to retrieve, for each of the plurality of files, file level metadata and determine, for each of the plurality of files, a plurality of file slices associated with a corresponding file of the plurality of files; and generate billing transaction information based on the user level metadata and the file level metadata of the plurality of files. The network interface is operably coupled to: convert the billing transaction information into a network billing transaction information message and transmit it.