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...http://www.google.com.hk/patents/US7613817?utm_source=gb-gplus-share專利 US7613817 - Counting and billing mechanism for web-services based on a SOAP-communication protocol