Patent ID: 8738453
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. In a data processing system, a non-transitory storage medium for storing program code executable by a processor of the data processing system for transforming a database for use in transaction processing or pricing of a product or a service, the database comprising: a transaction instance for representing a transaction; a first production service instance for representing one or more products or services, the first production service being a component of the transaction instance or a shared component among the transaction instance and one or more other transaction instances; a first relation instance for linking the first production service instance to the transaction instance; a second production service instance for representing (i) one or more products or services, or (ii) a remapping or recombination of the first production service instance for the purposes of counting; and a second relation instance for linking the first production service instance to the second production service instance.