Patent ID: 8126744
Filing Date: 2012-02-28
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for providing a payment scheme that minimizes financial risks for an operator of a technical facility when receiving services from a service organization, wherein the facility is a moveable ship such that its location changes, comprising: receiving a definition of the nature and number of facility components of a technical facility comprising a moveable ship to be serviced by a service organization for a predefined period of time; wherein the services agreed to be provided by the service organization comprise (a) fault rectification services, (b) maintenance services, (c) spare parts procurement, and (d) online support for each of the facility components; receiving a restriction to each of the services agreed to be provided for each of the facility components such that the (a) fault rectification services are restricted by a number of incidents and a particular sailing area for the fault rectification services, the (b) maintenance services are restricted by a number of incidents and a particular port location for maintenance services, the (c) spare parts procurement are restricted by a cost budget for spare parts, and the (d) online support are restricted by a number of incidents for online support, such that activities over and above the restriction to each of the services are charged separately to the technical facility; storing in a computer database associated with a central server of the service organization accessible via a communications network from a service operator's computer terminal, the nature and number of facility components, the services agreed to be provided for each of the facility components, the associated restriction for each of the services for each of the facility components, and predetermined fault elimination and maintenance measures for each component; storing detailed information of services performed including maintenance work performed with details of location of the maintenance work, time, and content so as to provide confirmation of maintenance measures carried out; and receiving by the service organization from the technical facility a first sum of money for the services agreed to be provided by the service organization for the predefined period of time, subject to the restriction to each of the services that are charged separately to the technical facility, so that the costs for the services agreed to be provided are met up to the first sum of money, and wherein the first sum of money further includes a built-in insurance premium to be paid to an insurer by the service organization to insure the service organization so that the insurer covers any cost incurred by the service organization over and above the first sum of money for the services agreed to be provided by the service organization with a second sum of money, subject to the restriction to each of the services that are charged separately to the technical facility as a third sum of money, wherein a lowered insurance premium or a rebate of a portion of the insurance premium is provided when more measures are carried out during maintenance that result in an increase in reliability of facility components, thereby providing a payment scheme comprising a combination of three different sums of money for servicing a moveable ship.