Counting and billing mechanism for web-services based on a soap-communication protocol

a technology of soap-communication protocol and billing mechanism, which is applied in the field of computer systems, can solve the problems of not addressing at all the aspect of charging of new web-services, and no generalized charging model for soap-web-service architecture allowing service-providers to charge web-services

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-10-09
EIBACH WOLFGANG +2
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[0012]It is therefore object of the present invention to provide a generalized charging model for Web-Services which may integrated very easily in the present SOAP architecture.

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The SOAP-architecture as discussed above does not address at all the aspect of charging of the new Web-Services.
At present there is no generalized charging model for the SOAP-Web-Service architecture allowing Service-Provider to charge their Web-Services.

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[0021]In FIG. 3 the basic idea of the present invention is shown. The existing SOAP-architecture will be extended by an Resource-Counter Service being accessible as own Web-Service. The Resource-Counter Service may be invoked via SOAP messages as follows: The Service Requester (client x) 1 uses a Web-Service from the Service-Provider 2. If this Web-Service is not free of charge, Service-Provider 2 contacts Resource-Counter Service 3 for providing accounting service. It is assumed that the Service-Provider 2 has a contract with the Service-Provider for the accounting service 3. Resource-Counter Service may be also an internal service of the Service-Provider itself. Service-Provider 2 will send a SOAP message request to the Resource-Counter Service 3 asking for accounting for its Service Requester 1 by providing at least begin time for service and end time of service. (FIG. 4 shows a detailed communication protocol for that case). After a certain period (e.g. one week, one month), Ser...

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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.

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RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]The present application is a Continuation Application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 466,937 filed on Nov. 6, 2003.[0002]The present invention relates generally to computer systems and more particular to the access counting, and billing mechanism for Web-Services based on a SOAP-communication protocol.[0003]A new technology currently evolves in the Internet, the so called Web-Services. Web-Services may be defined as providing existing or new e-business services into a service-oriented architecture (SOA). These Web-Services are normally offered by independent Service-Providers to support other Internet user in managing their Internet activities. Examples of such services may be tax calculation for an online shop, payment handling for internet shops, or document translation into various languages. To support these Web-Services in the Internet, a new architecture was defined, SOA, the Service Oriented Architecture. This new architecture describes how a...

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IPC IPC(8): G06Q10/00G06F15/16H04L9/32G06F15/00G06F17/00G06F21/00G06Q30/00H04L29/06H04L29/08
CPCG06Q30/0283G06Q30/04H04L29/06H04L67/02H04L69/329G06Q20/14H04L9/40
Inventor EIBACH, WOLFGANGGRUETZNER, MATTHIASKUEBLER, DIETMAR
Owner EIBACH WOLFGANG
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