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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 14, 2012
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Kirk A. Beaty, Goldens Bridge, NY (US);

Ashish Kundu, Elmsford, NY (US);

Ajay Mohindra, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);

Vijay K. Naik, Pleasantville, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 43/04 (2013.01); H04L 41/5035 (2013.01); H04L 67/1097 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, apparatus, and computer program product for managing a service is disclosed. A computer system collects information about the use of a set of resources by the service. Responsive to receiving a request to verify information about the use of the set of resources by the service, the computer system generates a description of the use of the set of resources by the service using the information collected. The computer system then creates a response to the request using the generated description of the use of the set of resources by the service as proof of the validity of the information.


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