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Device and method for pricing repair services

  • US 20040193517A1
  • Filed: 02/03/2004
  • Published: 09/30/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2000
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of determining pricing information corresponding to a service desired by a customer, the method comprising:

  • receiving information relating to a plurality of different services offered by a service provider, said information including a cost and an expected frequency for each of the services;

    grouping the different services into a limited set of pricing categories to optimize pricing of the different services, at least one of said pricing categories including at least two unrelated different services;

    determining a unique price associated with each of the pricing categories as a function of the cost and the expected frequency for each of the different services in the respective pricing category;

    generating a price list, said price list including the grouped pricing categories and the determined unique prices associated therewith;

    identifying in the price list the pricing category which includes the desired service; and

    identifying in the price list the unique price associated with the identified pricing category, the identified price representing the price to be charged to the customer for the desired service.

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