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Techniques are described for facilitating interactions between computing systems, such as in accordance with usage models that are configured for available services by the providers of the services. In some situations, the services are Web services, and an electronic Web service (“WS”) marketplace i

Techniques are described for facilitating interactions between computing systems, such as in accordance with usage models that are configured for available services by the providers of the services. In some situations, the services are Web services, and an electronic Web service (“WS”) marketplace is provided via which third-party WS providers make their WSes available to third-party WS consumers who purchase access to those WSes via the electronic marketplace based on configured usage models selected by the consumers. Some or all of the one or more usage models configured for an available WS may each have associated use prices and/or non-price use conditions, and if so access to those WSes using those usage models may be provided only if a consumer requesting access provides appropriate payment and otherwise satisfies the specified use conditions for a selected usage model.

대표청구항 ▼

What is claimed is: 1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium whose stored contents cause a computing system to configure access to invocable services, by performing a method comprising:receiving an indication of a service from a provider that is to be made available to others for remote invocati

What is claimed is: 1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium whose stored contents cause a computing system to configure access to invocable services, by performing a method comprising:receiving an indication of a service from a provider that is to be made available to others for remote invocation;automatically configuring multiple distinct access control groups for use in controlling access of others to the indicated service, the automatic configuring being performed by the computing system and including,providing information for display to the provider to indicate multiple options for use prices, wherein the multiple indicated use price options include multiple user-selectable predefined types of use prices; andfor each of the groups, determining one or more use conditions for the group and determining a use price for the group that is to be charged for use of the indicated service by others who select the group, wherein the determining of the use price for the group is based at least in part on one or more selections made by the provider of one or more of the indicated multiple use price options, the determined use price being of one of the multiple predefined types of use prices based at least in part on the one or more selections made by the provider; andfacilitating access to the indicated service for remote invocation by others in accordance with the multiple configured access control groups.