US 7,596,784 B2
Method system and apparatus for providing pay-per-use distributed computing resourcesGeneral
US 7,596,784 B2
Method system and apparatus for providing pay-per-use distributed computing resources
Tech Center:
2100 Computer Architecture and Software
Examiner:
Chuck O Kendall
Art Unit:
2192 Interprocess Communication and Software Development
Inventors:
Peter C. Abrams; Rajeev Bharadhwaj; Swami Nathan; Robert Rodriguez; Craig W. Martyn
Assignee:
Priority:
09/12/00
Filed:
09/10/01
Granted:
09/29/09
Expiration:
10/30/17
Abstract
Method, system, apparatus, and computer program and computer program product provide on-demand, scalable computational resources to application providers over a distributed network and system. Resources are made available based on demand for applications. Application providers are charged fees based on the amount of resources utilized to satisfy the needs of the application. In providing compute resources, method and apparatus is capable of rapidly activating a plurality of instances of the applications as demand increases and to halt instances as demand drops. Application providers are charged based on metered amount of computational resources utilized in processing their applications. Application providers access the network to distribute applications onto network to utilize distributed compute resources for processing of the applications. Application providers are further capable of monitoring, updating and replacing distributed applications. Apparatus and system includes plurality of computing resources distributed across a network capable of restoring and snapshotting provisioned applications based on demand.
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
H04H04L41/5096H04LG06Q30/0283G06Q