Price determination for use-based service sessions involves dividing potential period of use into levels, computing usage costs per level, summing total session costs and total incremental costs

摘要

The method involves dividing a potential period of use into levels, allocating a usage rate and incremental tariff to each level, determining a usage amount per level for a session, computing usage costs per level, summing to give total usage costs, computing total incremental costs by summing incremental tariffs per level entered and determining the price of the session by summing the total session costs and the total incremental costs. The method involves dividing a potential period of use into levels, allocating a usage rate to each level, allocating an incremental tariff to each level, determining a usage amount per level for a session, computing usage costs per level by multiplying the amount with the usage rate for each level, summing to give total usage costs, computing total incremental costs by summing incremental tariffs per level entered during the session and determining the price of the session by summing the total session costs and the total incremental costs. AN Independent claim is also included for the following: a computer program product for computing a price for a session of a use-based service.