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Method and system for constructing price structures for complex products and services

  • US 20030158784A1
  • Filed: 02/15/2002
  • Published: 08/21/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of providing a price structure for a transaction relating to a product or service within an electronic commerce back-end platform, the method comprising:

  • providing a product administration interface for defining a preselected number of revenue streams for the product or service, and for defining business rules to determine a price structure of the product or service;

    providing a customer interface for performing a transaction;

    providing within a computer memory, responsive to both the product administration interface and the customer interface, a pricing tree of price components for a unit of a product or service, the components comprising;

    a first revenue stream allocable in whole or in part to a first provider; and

    a second revenue stream allocable in whole or in part to a second provider; and

    providing a resulting price based on a calculation of the components in the pricing tree, the components staying discretely allocated within the computer memory after the calculation of the resulting price.

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