Patent ID: 7716142
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A wholesale discount pricing system for calculating a special wholesale pricing between a wholesaler and a reseller for a transaction between the reseller and an end-user, comprising: a general purpose computing system having a processor, memory, input device, and output device, wherein the general purpose computing system includes: a system for inputting a special pricing request from a reseller to a wholesaler, wherein the special pricing request includes a product identifier and an end-user discount the reseller intends on applying to the transaction with the end-user; a product mapping system that maps the product identifier to a set of pricing parameters, wherein the set of pricing parameters includes an entitled discount, a start margin and an end margin; and a calculation system that calculates the special wholesale pricing based on the set of pricing parameters and the inputted end-user discount, wherein the calculation system includes: a first routine for handling a case where the end-user discount is less than the start margin; a second routine for handling a case where the end-user discount is greater than the start margin, but less than the end margin; and a third routine for handling a case where the end-user discount is greater than the end margin; wherein the end-user discount at the start margin is given by: (De−Ms)/(1−Ms), wherein De is the entitled discount and Ms is the start margin.