Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – For cost/price
Reexamination Certificate
2011-03-29
2011-03-29
Borissov, Igor (Department: 3628)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
For cost/price
C705S002000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07917452
ABSTRACT:
A system and program product for determining a price “P” to bill a customer for a resource. Amounts “U” and “Ci” of the resource provided and committed, respectively, to the customer during the billing period are determined. The price P=F(Ci)+G (U−Ci) is determined and billed to the customer, where “F” and “G” are price functions for the resource. Determined is the number of requests for the resource made by the customer during the billing period in excess of “Ci” which were denied. If the number of denied requests exceeds a predetermined threshold, the amount “Ci” for determining the price “P” is increased during a subsequent billing period. The price “P” is billed to the customer for the subsequent billing period based on the increased amount “Ci” and the value “U” during the subsequent billing period, and the functions “F” and “G”.
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Borissov Igor
International Business Machines - Corporation
Samodovitz Arthur J.
Schmeiser Olsen & Watts
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