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Method and system for dynamic pricing of web services utilization

  • US 7,743,001 B1
  • Filed: 06/21/2005
  • Issued: 06/22/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

  • provisioning for an enterprise an enterprise-side web services computing resource to accommodate a given level of the enterprise'"'"'s anticipated utilization;

    an enterprise-side computer system of the enterprise dynamically predicting the enterprise'"'"'s own utilization of the enterprise-side web services computing resource that is expected to occur during a given interval of time;

    dependent upon said dynamically predicted utilization, said enterprise-side computer system setting a price to be charged for utilization of said web services computing resource by an entity other than the enterprise occurring during said given interval of time; and

    said enterprise-side computer system electronically providing said price to a client-side computer system for presentation to a customer associated with the client-side computer system as the price said customer will be charged for utilization of said web services computing resource during said given interval of time, wherein the client-side computer system is external to the enterprise.

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