Patent ID: 7917452
Filing Date: 2011-03-29
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer program product for determining a price to bill a customer for a resource, said computer program product comprising: a computer readable tangible storage device; first program instructions for identifying an amount C second program instructions for determining a price P third program instructions for billing the price P fourth program instructions for determining a number of denied requests D consisting of a number of requests for the resource which were made by the customer during the first billing period for an amount of the resource in excess of C fifth program instructions for determining that the number of denied requests D exceeds a predetermined threshold; sixth program instructions for, in response to the fifth program instructions having determined that the number of denied requests D exceeds the predetermined threshold, increasing the amount C sixth program instructions for determining a price P seventh program instructions for billing the price P wherein the first program instructions, the second program instructions, the third program instructions, the fourth program instructions, the fifth program instructions, the sixth program instructions, and the seventh program instructions are stored on the computer readable tangible storage device.