Patent ID: 7222084
Filing Date: 2007-05-22
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method in a computer system for determining a total price for hosting a product line at a remote hosting site, the product line including at least one user-based application and at least one specialty application, the method comprising: receiving an indication of a number of users of each of at least two user types; receiving an indication of a time period specifying a duration of access for each number of users of the at least two user types; calculating a user-based application price for each user-based application according to the received time periods for each number of users of the at least two user types, each user of a first user type being valued at a fraction of a value of a user of a second user type; receiving an indication of a volume of activity for each specialty application; calculating a specialty application price for each specialty application according to the received volume of activity for each specialty application; calculating the total price including calculating a sum of the user-based and specialty application prices; and generating output indicative of the calculated total price, wherein calculating the user-based application price for each user-based application includes adding additional users of the second user type.