USING CONFIGURED APPLICATION PRICING TO DETERMINE END USER FEES FOR USE OF INVOCABLE SERVICES
Patent №
US 7,925,554
Granted
2011-04-12
Filed 2006
Owner
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Lab
AI components
2
kr · evo
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
11618480
Techniques are described for facilitating use of invocable services by applications in a configurable manner. In at least some situations, the invocable services are Web services or other network-accessible services that are made available by providers of the services for use by others in exchange for fees defined by the service providers. The described techniques facilitate use of such invocable services by applications in a manner configured by the application providers and the service providers, including to track use of third-party invocable services by applications on behalf of end users and to allocate fees that are charged end users between the applications and the services as configured by the providers of the applications and services. In some situations, the configured pricing terms for a service specify fees for end users that differ in one or more ways from the defined fees charged by the provider of that service.
AI classification
Ownership
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
assignment · 259230539
Assignors
SIROTA, PETER, JOHNSON, DON, GHARE, GAURAV D., JAIN, TUSHAR, GELLER, ALAN S.
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