Patent ID: 8185454

Claim:
A computer implemented method for unbundling revenue, the computer implemented method comprising the steps of: responsive to a computer receiving an order for a customer configurable product from a customer to form an ordered customer configurable product, determining, by the computer, a revenue bill of materials that lists revenue components for the ordered customer configurable product; determining, by the computer, whether one or more of the revenue components within the revenue bill of materials for the ordered customer configurable product are amortizable; responsive to a determination by the computer that one or more of the revenue components within the revenue bill of materials for the ordered customer configurable product are amortizable, generating, by the computer, an amortization schedule for each of the revenue components determined to be amortizable; differentiating, by the computer, amortization schedules for each of the revenue components within the revenue bill of materials for the ordered customer configurable product that require the amortization schedule; and assigning, by the computer, each of the revenue components within the revenue bill of materials to an appropriate revenue account.