Patent ID: 7233928
Filing Date: 2007-06-19
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. In a computer system, a method of preparing a price quote for product that is selected from among a plurality of products, the method comprising: identifying a pricing scheme to be used in order to determine said price quote for said product, said pricing scheme including one or more resolution principles; processing an initial set of price rules in accordance with said one or more resolution principles of said pricing scheme to obtain a final set of applicable price rules, each price rule in said initial set of price rules including a price rule type that includes a price rule identifier, wherein said initial set of price rules is constructed by gathering price rules that apply to said product, and wherein a resolution principle of said one or more resolution principles is an inheritance principle, and said initial set of price rules includes a first price rule and a second price rule that are of the same price rule type, and wherein said processing includes filtering said first price rule and said second price rule in accordance with said inheritance principle so that said final set of price rules excludes said first price rule or said second price rule; using said final set of price rules to determine said price quote for said product; and outputting the price quote for said product via a user interface of the computer system.