SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A SERVICE METERING FRAMEWORK IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT

摘要

A method is provided in one example embodiment executed at a service metering framework (SMF) engine including a processor, and includes interfacing, by an event listener at the SMF engine, with an application being executed in a cloud by a remote client device, detecting a metering event associated with the application during execution of the application, receiving a value of at least one metering attribute associated with the metering event, and storing the at least one metering attribute and the value as a formatted metered record in a SMF database searchable according to the metering attribute. In a specific embodiment, the event listener exposes an application programming interface (API) of the SMF engine to the application to facilitate definitions of the metering event and the at least one metering attribute in the application.

主权项

1. A method executed at a service metering framework (SMF) engine including a processor, comprising:
interfacing, by an event listener at the SMF engine, with an application being executed in a cloud by a remote client device; detecting a metering event associated with the application during execution of the application; receiving a value of at least one metering attribute associated with the metering event; and storing the at least one metering attribute and the value as a formatted metered record in a SMF database searchable according to the metering attribute.