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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2014
Applicant:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Price Jones, II, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Brian M. Matsubara, II, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/04 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
Functionality is disclosed herein for charging for the use of software products based upon billable units defined by a software provider. The software product identifies the occurrences of the billable units as the software product is executing. The software product also sends billing data to a billing service identifying an occurrence of a billable unit, or billable units, such that an invoice may be created that charges for use of the software product based, at least in part, on the occurrence of the billable units.