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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2011
Willem Robert Van Biljon, Cape Town, ZA;
Christopher Conway Pinkham, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Russell Andrew Cloran, Cape Town, ZA;
Michael Carl Gorven, Cape Town, ZA;
Alexandre Hardy, Cape Town, ZA;
Brynmor K. B. Divey, Cape Town, ZA;
Quinton Robin Hoole, Cape Town, ZA;
Girish Kalele, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Willem Robert Van Biljon, Cape Town, ZA;
Christopher Conway Pinkham, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Russell Andrew Cloran, Cape Town, ZA;
Michael Carl Gorven, Cape Town, ZA;
Alexandre Hardy, Cape Town, ZA;
Brynmor K. B. Divey, Cape Town, ZA;
Quinton Robin Hoole, Cape Town, ZA;
Girish Kalele, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
Billing usage of a cloud computing environment is described. Usage is metered of one or more resources within the cloud computing environment by one or more users. The one or more users may be associated with at least one entity. The metered usage of one or more cloud resources is converted to a revenue-generating value. The revenue-generating value is billed to the at least one entity associated with the one or more users. Revenue is collected from the at least one entity for the metered usage of one or more cloud resources. The collected revenue is shared with a plurality of parties.