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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2011
Applicants:
Shuichi Kurabayashi, Fujisawa, JP;
Naofumi Yoshida, Yokohama, JP;
Kosuke Takano, Oiso-machi, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); G06Q 20/10 (2012.01); H04L 12/911 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/102 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); H04L 47/70 (2013.01);
Abstract
In some examples, a method is described that may include determining, by a computing device, from a service level agreement (SLA) with a user, an upper limit on computer resources in a cloud computing environment that can be consumed per unit time by at least one application executed for the user in the cloud computing environment. The method may also include charging a fixed cost per period under the SLA.