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PRICING AN API IN AN API MARKETPLACE

  • US 20160092897A1
  • Filed: 09/30/2014
  • Published: 03/31/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2014
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for providing a pricing strategy for an API, the method comprising:

  • determining, by one or more computer processors, whether an application programming interface (API) is published by a developer;

    responsive to determining an API is published by the developer, determining, by one or more computer processors, one or more characteristics of the API;

    determining, by one or more computer processors, whether a price history exists for the API;

    responsive to determining a price history does exist for the API, determining, by one or more computer processors, an initial price for the API; and

    determining, by one or more computer processors, based, at least in part, on the one or more characteristics of the API and the price history for the API, whether the initial price maximizes a surplus value for a sale of the API.

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