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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2005
Applicants:
Bemardo Huberman, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Scott Clearwater, Woodside, CA (US);
Inventors:
Bemardo Huberman, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Scott Clearwater, Woodside, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06G 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a system and method for pricing resources. One embodiment of the present invention includes a historical usage database adapted to store historical customer usage and pricing data, and a pricing algorithm module adapted to perform a simulation using the historical customer usage and pricing data to establish resource usage prices and swing option prices that will maintain a profit margin near or equal to a profit margin setting.