Patent ID: 7379923
Filing Date: 2008-05-27
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A process for adjusting a price derived from a benchmark computer service model to a price of a computer service contract, said process comprising the steps of: determining differences in predefined service definitions between said benchmark computer service model and said computer service contract, wherein said benchmark computer service model provides a model of current market conditions that pertain to benchmark service terms contained therein and said computer service contract is a current, preexisting contract between a customer and a service provider that does not reflect current market conditions that pertain to contract service terms contained therein, wherein the computer service contract specifies services provided to the customer by the service provider, and wherein said differences comprise a service constraint in said service contract which is not present in said benchmark computer service model, said service constraint comprising one of an obligation in said service contract to hire employees of a customer company with which said service contract is made, wherein a service provider of said service contract does not need all of said employees or the price of said employees is above a market price, and an obligation in said service contract to provide a help desk call center at a facility of a customer company with which said service contract is made; determining a price adjustment due to said differences; comparing, by a computer-implemented process, the price of said benchmark computer service model to the price of said computer service contract with said price adjustment; and modifying said computer service contract by adjusting the price of said computer service contract to reflect the price adjustment due to said differences.