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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2005
Arnon Amir, Saratoga, CA (US);
Myron Dale Flickner, San Jose, CA (US);
Douglas Warren Mcdavid, Elk Grove, CA (US);
James Clinton Spohrer, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Arnon Amir, Saratoga, CA (US);
Myron Dale Flickner, San Jose, CA (US);
Douglas Warren McDavid, Elk Grove, CA (US);
James Clinton Spohrer, Santa Clara, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for managing a usage cost of an asset. A user component of a business entity may access the asset after the asset has been developed by a development component of the business entity, wherein the user component receives compensation from a compensator in response to the user component having incurred a usage burden from using the asset, and wherein the compensator may have contributed to the usage burden. Alternatively, a user component of a second business entity may access an asset after the asset is developed by a development component of a first business entity, wherein second business entity receives compensation from the first business entity in response to the user component having incurred a usage burden from using the asset. The compensation has a magnitude that is a function of the usage burden. The asset may be a software application.