Method for automatic evaluation of a computer program, especially for payment for a service made available through the program, e.g. provision of Internet access, communications or a software service

摘要

Method uses means whereby the number of different results produced by the program are counted, where a result is an information item or group, provided by the program being evaluated, that is addressed to a user or an application. The means calculate the number of results from the computer program directly using a characterizing value for the program. The invention also relates to a corresponding computer system.