A multi-computer instant capacity on demand (iCOD) system enables a customer to purchase computers with some assets inactive at a reduced price and to pool the total assets across all of the computers on the customers computer network. Each computer in the network transmits usage reports to a vendor...http://www.google.de/patents/US20030115157?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20030115157 - Multi-system capacity on demand computer pricing
