Fuel offering and purchase management system
First Claim
1. A computer processor-implemented method to generate fuel offerings for selection by customers, comprising:
- setting a strike price for a fuel offering, wherein the strike price is arbitrarily set;
determining, by a computer processor, a premium price associated with the strike price for the fuel offering based on the strike price and pricing input factors;
monitoring, using the computer processor, customer purchases of the fuel offering that specify at least a quantity of fuel and a tenor;
monitoring, using the computer processor, customer exercises of the purchases during the specified tenor;
determining a service markup price associated with the premium price for the fuel offering;
storing, using the computer processor, information regarding the monitored purchases, the monitored exercises, and locations of the monitored exercises;
adjusting, by the computer processor, at least one of the strike price and the premium price based on the stored information and the determined service markup price; and
providing the fuel offering at an offer price comprised of the adjusted at least one of the strike price and the premium price for selection by the customers.
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to facilitating pricing, sales and delivery of a commodity. In one embodiment, a Fuel Offer Generator facilitates the purchase and management of fuel offerings. The Fuel Offer Generator allows Customers interested in securing fuel to obtain an offer for fuel at lock-in prices for various tenors. Fuel Customers may later exercise the fuel offers so their fuel costs are locked-in at desired levels The Fuel Offer Generator may generate hedges to counteract fuel related risks stemming from fuel offer purchases. A customer that purchases a fuel offering can exercise their fuel offering order at a specified price and redeem any difference between the market price for their purchased fuel and the price specified in their fuel offering order. The Fuel Offer Generator determines which metrics are relevant to pricing the fuel offering and then employs those determined metrics to establish the pricing of fuel offerings.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer processor-implemented method to generate fuel offerings for selection by customers, comprising:
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setting a strike price for a fuel offering, wherein the strike price is arbitrarily set; determining, by a computer processor, a premium price associated with the strike price for the fuel offering based on the strike price and pricing input factors; monitoring, using the computer processor, customer purchases of the fuel offering that specify at least a quantity of fuel and a tenor; monitoring, using the computer processor, customer exercises of the purchases during the specified tenor; determining a service markup price associated with the premium price for the fuel offering; storing, using the computer processor, information regarding the monitored purchases, the monitored exercises, and locations of the monitored exercises; adjusting, by the computer processor, at least one of the strike price and the premium price based on the stored information and the determined service markup price; and providing the fuel offering at an offer price comprised of the adjusted at least one of the strike price and the premium price for selection by the customers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more computer processors, direct the one or more computer processors to:
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set a strike price for a fuel offering, wherein the strike price is arbitrarily set; determine a premium price associated with the strike price for the fuel offering based on the strike price and pricing input factors; monitor customer purchases of the fuel offering that specify at least a quantity of fuel and a tenor; monitor customer exercises of the purchases during the specified tenor; determine a service markup price associated with the premium price for the fuel offering; store information regarding the monitored purchases, the monitored exercises, and locations of the monitored exercises; adjust at least one of the strike price and the premium price based on the stored information and the determined service markup price; and provide the fuel offering at an offer price comprised of the adjusted at least one of the strike price and the premium price for selection by customers.
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20. A system for providing commodity offerings, comprising:
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a memory including computer processor executable instructions; a database; and a computer processor configured to retrieve the instructions from the memory and execute the instructions to; set a strike price for a fuel offering, wherein the strike price is arbitrarily set; determine a premium price associated with the strike price for the fuel offering based on the strike price and pricing input factors; monitor customer purchases of the fuel offering that specify at least a quantity of fuel and a tenor; monitor customer exercises of the purchases during the specified tenor; determine a service markup price associated with the premium price for the fuel offering; store information regarding the monitored purchases, the monitored exercises, and locations of the monitored exercises in the database; adjust at least one of the strike price and the premium price based on the stored information and the determined service markup price; and provide the fuel offering at an offer price comprised of the adjusted at least one of the strike price and the premium price for selection by customers.
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