Patent ID: 6226625
Filing Date: 2001-05-01
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A method for determining the pricing at which a provider provides an offering of goods and services to a customer, comprising the steps of:identifying at least one area of the customer's business in which using the provider's offering will create economic benefits for the customer;assigning money values to at least one area of the customer's business in which use of the provider's offering will create economic benefits for the customer;inputting the money values into a computer system and utilizing the computer system to compile the money values into an initial value share per initial unit of business activity; andutilizing a computer system to mathematically determining which portion of the initial value will comprise that segment of the price at which the provider will provide the offering to the customer in excess of any and all market prices for commodities included in the offering;wherein after the initial value share is determined and after the initial interval of time, a new value share for a current interval is generated by the computer system based upon a previously calculated value share for an immediately past interval.