Patent №
US 8,620,719
Granted
2013-12-31
Filed 2007
Owner
ACCORDO GROUP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Lab
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AI components
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kr · planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
11660368
The present invention relates to methods, systems and software for managing software license annuities. The method relates to monitoring renewal revenue, including developing a forecast of renewal revenue, for each of one or more customers, using a customer database; contacting some of the customers to obtain customer profile data; assisting each of the contacted customers to select a renewal option using the customer profile data; modifying the forecast for each of the contacted customers based on the renewal option selected by that customer; and comparing the forecast and the customer's actual renewal purchases to monitor renewal revenue. The followings methods are also disclosed: a computer-implemented method of modelling renewal options, a method of managing annuity renewals, a method of modelling annuity renewals, and a method of displaying customer compliance with a licensing scheme. Systems and software for performing any of the mentioned methods are further disclosed.
AI classification
Ownership
ACCORDO GROUP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
assignment · 189400891
Assignors
JACKSON, WAYNE ALBERT, MCCULLOUGH, VICKY JAN, CHING, SHERYL LINDA
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.