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EPA-Patent auf dynamische Preisfestlegung
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- Subject: EPA-Patent auf dynamische Preisfestlegung
- From: PILCH Hartmut <phm@a2e.de>
- Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 23:40:01 +0100 (CET)
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EP0792493 B1
AN ONLINE SERVICE DEVELOPMENT TOOL WITH FEE SETTING CAPABILITIES
VERMEER TECH INC (US)
What is claimed is:
1. A mechanism for specifying fees for an online
service, comprising:
means associated with an object of the online service for defining a
triggering action for a fee;
means associated with the triggering action for defining a fee; and
means for editing a plurality of such specifications.
D.h. wer eine Preis-Konstante durch eine Funktion ersetzt und diese
Funktion editierbar macht, verletzt in Europa ein Patent.
2. A mechanism for determining a fee for an online service,
comprising:
means for detecting an action on an object of the online service;
means, operative in response to detection of the action, for
identifying a fee specification for the action and the associated
object; and
means for utilizing the fee specification to define the fee.
3. A mechanism for specifying fees for an online service as defined in
claim 2, comprising:
means associated with an object of the online service for defining a
triggering action for a fee;
means associated with the triggering action for defining a fee; and
means for editing a plurality of such specifications.
4. The online service development tool as claimed by claim 1 wherein
each of said fees are triggered by a defined user action.
5. The online service development tool as claimed by claim 4 wherein
one of said defined user actions comprises access by said user to one
of said visual objects on said online system 6. The mechanism as
claimed by claim 4 wherein one of said defined user actions comprises
submittal of an object for inclusion in said data store of said online
service.
7. The mechanism as claimed by claim 4 wherein one of said defined
user actions comprises a traverse of a hyperlink.
8. The mechanism as claimed by claim 4 wherein one of said defined
user actions comprises a connection to an online service.
9. The mechanism as claimed by claim 1 wherein each of said fees are
triggered by passage of a defined amount of time.
10. The mechanism as claimed by claim 1 wherein both said means for
defining define a fee specifier, wherein the fee specifier comprises a
first field specifying a triggering action that triggers said fee.
11. The mechanism as claimed by claim 10 wherein said fee specifier
further comprises a second field specifying an entity to who the fee
is directed.
1 2. The mechanism as claimed by claimsl O or 11 wherein said fee
specifier further comprises a third field specifying an object
associated with said fee event.
13. The mechanism as claimed by claimsl0, 11 or 12 wherein said fee
specifier further comprises a fourth field defining a fee computation
formula.
14. The mechanism as claimed by claim 13 wherein said fourth field
comprises a script specifying said fee computation formula.
1 5. The mechanism as claimed by claim 1 4 wherein said script
comprises at least one fee setting script primitive.
1 6. The mechanism as claimed by claim 1 wherein if said fee is
positive, a fee is charged to said entity, and if said fee is
negative, a payment is made to said entity.
1 7. The mechanism as claimed by claim 1 3 or 1 4 further comprising:
a script editor, said script editor for editing a script specifying
said fee computation.
1 8. The mechanism as claimed by claim 1, wherein a document object is
HyperText Markup Language (HTML) document.
1 9. A computer system for designing an online service, comprising:
a first editing module for displaying and allowing editing of
relationships among document objects of the online service;
a second editing module for editing individual document objects of the
online service; and
a mechanism for invoking the second editing module in response to
selection of a document object in the first editing module.
20. A computer system for designing an online service, comprising:
a viewing module for displaying relationships among and allowing
selection of document objects of the online service;
an editing module for editing individual document objects of the
online service; and
a linking mechanism for invoking the editing module in response to
selection of a document object in the viewing module.
21. A computer system for allowing editing of fee structures of an
online service, comprising:
means for displaying a visual representation of a fee specification
having user-modifiable portions, wherein a user-modifiable portion is
provided for entries for an indication of a document object of the
online service, an indication of an event in connection with the
document object, and a fee formuala;
means for receiving user input to edit a fee specification using the
visual representation and to store edited fee specifications; and
means for storing a plurality of fee specifications defined using the
means for displaying and means for receiving.
22. The computer system of claim 21 wherein the visual representation
is a template.
23. The computer system of claim 21 or 22 wherein the fee formula is
defined using a scripting language.
24. The computer system of claims 21 or 22 or 23 wherein the fee
specifications are stored in a list.
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