Method and Apparatus for Business Planning using Recurring Revenue Allocation

摘要

Access or utilization data of multiple products and services that are offered to customers on a “right-to-use” basis is analyzed to allocate revenues generated by the products fairly among them, for purposes such as business planning, performance measurement and account service.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
operating an electronic data service that provides a plurality of different types of electronic information to a plurality of subscribers; receiving from each subscriber a usage fee that entitles the subscriber to access the plurality of different types of electronic information; allocating a first portion of the usage fee from each subscriber to a first type of electronic information; allocating a second portion of the usage fee from each subscriber to a second type of electronic information; computing sums of the usage fees allocated to the first type of electronic information and the second type of electronic information; and preparing a report comparing the first type of electronic information and the second type of electronic information according to a function of the computed sums.