Pricing, Allocating, accounting and distributing internal resources using a market mechanism
First Claim
1. A method for allocating a resource within an organizational entity, comprising:
- receiving via a communication interface a request, the request comprising a bid indicating an amount of a purchasing power asset that a requestor is prepared to provide within the organizational entity to obtain the resource; and
using a processor to;
associate the request with a pool of competing requests for the resource, each competing request having associated with it a corresponding competing bid from a competing requestor from within the organizational entity; and
select from the pool of competing requests a winning bid.
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Abstract
A market based approach to allocating a resource within an organizational entity is disclosed. In some embodiments, a request comprising a bid indicating an amount of a purchasing power asset that a requester with which the request is associated is prepared to provide within the organizational entity to obtain the resource is received. The request is associated with a pool of competing requests for the resource, each competing request having associated with it a corresponding competing bid from a competing requestor from within the organizational entity. A winning bid is selected from the pool of competing requests. The resource is caused to be delivered to the successful bidder, and an accounting transaction is executed to charge the successful bidder an amount of purchasing power asset corresponding to a resource price. In some embodiments the price charged is an organizational entity-wide benchmark price, such as a market clearing price.
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47 Claims
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1. A method for allocating a resource within an organizational entity, comprising:
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receiving via a communication interface a request, the request comprising a bid indicating an amount of a purchasing power asset that a requestor is prepared to provide within the organizational entity to obtain the resource; and using a processor to; associate the request with a pool of competing requests for the resource, each competing request having associated with it a corresponding competing bid from a competing requestor from within the organizational entity; and select from the pool of competing requests a winning bid. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A system for allocating a resource within an organizational entity, comprising:
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a communication interface configured to receive a request, the request comprising a bid indicating an amount of a purchasing power asset that a requestor is prepared to provide within the organizational entity to obtain the resource; and a processor coupled to the communication interface and configured to; associate the request with a pool of competing requests for the resource, each competing request having associated with it a corresponding competing bid from a competing requestor from within the organizational entity; and select from the pool of competing requests a winning bid.
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46. A system for allocating a resource within an organizational entity, comprising:
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means for associating a request, the request comprising a bid indicating an amount of a purchasing power asset that a requester is prepared to provide within the organizational entity to obtain the resource, with a pool of competing requests for the resource, each competing request having associated with it a corresponding competing bid from a competing requestor from within the organizational entity; and means for selecting from the pool of competing requests a winning bid.
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47. A computer program product for allocating a resource within an organizational entity, the computer program product being embodied in a computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:
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associating a request, the request comprising a bid indicating an amount of a purchasing power asset that a requestor is prepared to provide within the organizational entity to obtain the resource, with a pool of competing requests for the resource, each competing request having associated with it a corresponding competing bid from a competing requestor from within the organizational entity; and selecting from the pool of competing requests a winning bid.
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