US Patent 7729954: Providing paid access to remote web service in an…

1. A method for a computing system to provide paid access to remote Web services, the method comprising:
under control of an electronic marketplace provided by the computing system for selling and purchasing access to Web services,
for each of multiple third-party Web service providers, in response to a registration request from the provider, registering a Web service from the provider that is available via the electronic marketplace, the registration request including an indication of how to invoke the Web service and of one or more use prices for access to the Web service by third -party Web service consumers;