Patent ID: 7337150

Claim:
A method for determining a per-point price for data processing services using a computing device, comprising the steps of: for each unit of a plurality of units of data processing services, determining a level of environmental complexity, a level of change, and a type of environment; for each unit of the plurality of units, assigning points responsive to each of level of environmental complexity, level of change, and type of environment, as determined; and summing the assigned points to provide a count of points for the unit; summing the counts of points for all the units of the plurality of units to provide a total number of points for the data processing services; dividing a baseline price for the data processing services by the total number of points to provide a per-point price; and one of: responding to a customer request by providing the per-point price for data processing services; and specifying to a customer the per-point price for data processing services.