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Resource price management incorporating indirect value

  • US 6,993,494 B1
  • Filed: 09/08/2000
  • Issued: 01/31/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/01/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer-implemented method of managing a resource, comprising:

  • receiving, in a computer, a request for an instance of the resource for a customer;

    determining, in the computer, an indirect value potentially resulting from providing the resource instance to the customer and based on at least one characteristic of the customer, wherein the indirect value is based on a customer gaming value; and

    responsive to the indirect value exceeding a threshold, offering the resource instance to the customer.

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