Patent ID: 8401937

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving at a second system including an offline platform a first rate calculated for a single event by a first system other than the second system, the first system including an online platform utilizing a first predefined rating scheme, where the first predefined rating scheme is associated with a first priority; calculating, utilizing a processor, at least one second rate for the single event by the second system including the offline platform, the calculating utilizing at least one second predefined rating scheme, where the at least one second predefined rating scheme is associated with at least one other priority; identifying an optimized rating scheme by comparing the first rate and the at least one second rate; and communicating a message to the first system including the online platform if one of the at least one second rate for the single event calculated utilizing the at least one second predefined rating scheme is identified as the optimized rating scheme, the message instructing the first system including the online platform to utilize the at least one second predefined rating scheme of the second system including the offline platform identified as the optimized rating scheme for calculating an optimized rate for the single event as well as rates of future events at the first system including the online platform, the optimized rate including an amount to be billed for the single event; wherein the second system including the offline platform sends updated predefined rating schemes to the first system including the online platform for synchronizing predefined rating schemes of the first system including the online platform with predefined rating schemes of the second system including the offline platform; wherein the second predefined rating scheme is associated with a same service provider as the first predefined rating scheme; wherein the first rate is calculated and sent to the second system by the first system for each of a plurality of single events in response to the identification of each of the plurality of single events by the first system, such that the optimized rating scheme is identified for each of the plurality of single events as each single event is received.