Title:
COUNTING AND BILLING MECHANISM FOR WEB-SERVICES BASED ON A SOAP-COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2002082305
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The present invention discloses a system and method for counting Web-Services by means of a Resource-Counter Service offered as an own, independent Web-Service based on a SOAP communication protocol as well as a system and method for billing Web-Services using the result of the Resource-Counter Service for calculation of a charge. The Resource-Counter Service may be accessed by all Service-Provider having service description of the Resource-Counter Service. The service description for the Resource-Counter Service may be preferably created and published by the Service-Provider, categorized by the Service-Broker, and can be found and used to invoke the Resource-Counter Service by all Service-Provider using a charging model for their Web-Services. The Resource-Counter Service mainly provides the functionality to create all necessary data allowing calculation of the charge for the use of a Web-Service. The final calculation of the charge itself may be done by a separate specific accounting and bill presentment component.
Inventors:
EIBACH WOLFGANG (DE)
GRUETZNER DR MATTHIAS (DE)
KUEBLER DIETMAR (DE)
GRUETZNER DR MATTHIAS (DE)
KUEBLER DIETMAR (DE)
Application Number:
PCT/EP2002/002815
Publication Date:
August 28, 2003
Filing Date:
March 14, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
IBM (US)
IBM DEUTSCHLAND (DE)
EIBACH WOLFGANG (DE)
GRUETZNER DR MATTHIAS (DE)
KUEBLER DIETMAR (DE)
IBM DEUTSCHLAND (DE)
EIBACH WOLFGANG (DE)
GRUETZNER DR MATTHIAS (DE)
KUEBLER DIETMAR (DE)
International Classes:
G06F15/00; G06F17/00; G06F21/00; G06Q30/00; H04L29/06; H04L29/08; (IPC1-7): H04L12/14; H04L29/06; H04L29/08
Foreign References:
| US5960409A | 1999-09-28 | |||
| US5794221A | 1998-08-11 |
Other References:
BOX D ET AL: "Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) 1.1", W3C, 8 May 2000 (2000-05-08), XP002163943, Retrieved from the Internet [retrieved on 20010222]
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