System providing event pricing for on-line exchanges
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1. A method, comprising:
- receiving an electronic entity event; and
dynamically and automatically pricing the event responsive to an electronic entity event pricing plan.
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Abstract
The present invention is a system that provides complex pricing for plural electronic exchange transaction events such that individual events, accumulated events, cross product events and non-transactional events can be priced. The system dynamically prices the electronic exchange events responsive to an electronic exchange event, ruled based pricing plan that includes a decision network with conditionally executed pricing algorithms. The pricing includes detail pricing and summary pricing. The algorithms include of single unit, double unit, taper discount, tier charge, tier discount, percent, flat, allowance, minimum, maximum, accumulation, threshold, multi-unit and taper charges.
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving an electronic entity event; and
dynamically and automatically pricing the event responsive to an electronic entity event pricing plan. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17)
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12. A method associated with an electronic exchange which produces an electronic exchange event, said method comprising:
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receiving the electronic exchange event; and
dynamically and automatically pricing the electronic exchange event responsive to an electronic exchange event pricing plan.
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13. A method, comprising:
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receiving an electronic exchange transaction request;
performing an electronic exchange function responsive to the electronic exchange transaction request; and
dynamically and automatically pricing an electronic exchange event responsive to an electronic exchange event pricing plan.
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14. A method, comprising:
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receiving electronic exchange events; and
dynamically and automatically pricing the electronic exchange events responsive to an electronic exchange event pricing plan having transaction pricing, cross product pricing, summary pricing and nontransaction pricing.
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15. A method, comprising:
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receiving electronic exchange transaction requests;
performing electronic exchange functions responsive to the electronic exchange request and where the function comprises transactions exchanging a goods/services having a goods/services prices; and
dynamically and automatically pricing the electronic exchange transactions with detail and summary pricing using an electronic exchange event pricing plan responsive to relationships among buyers and sellers and comprising negotiated customer specific rates and where the dynamic pricing plan uses a decision network having rule based functions pricing the transactions, pricing across the transactions, pricing across the goods/services, pricing with charge limitations and pricing non-transactions using conditional pricing decisions and pricing calculation algorithms comprising single unit, double unit, taper discount, tier, tier discount, percent, flat, charge, minimum, maximum, accumulation, threshold, multi-unit and taper charges.
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16. A system, comprising:
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an electronic exchange handling an electronic exchange event; and
a pricing mechanism dynamically pricing the electronic exchange event responsive to an electronic exchange event pricing plan.
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18. A computer readable storage controlling a computer by dynamically and automatically pricing the electronic exchange event responsive to an electronic exchange event pricing plan.
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