Dynamic Pricing of a Resource

A method of dynamic pricing of a computing resource, the method comprising:

• determining a first set of anticipated demands for one or more users to acquire the computing resource, wherein prices for the computing resource differ between at least two of a plurality of time periods for acquiring the computing resource and each anticipated demand of the first set is associated with a different one of the plurality of time periods;
• and
• setting prices for the computing resource during each of the plurality of time periods according to the determined first set of anticipated demands;
• wherein one or more of the determining of the first set of anticipated demands and the setting of prices are implemented as instruction code executed on a processor device.

A system for dynamic pricing of a resource, the system comprising:

• a demand projection module operative to determine a first set of anticipated demands for one or more users to acquire the resource according to uncertainty of the one or more users in preferring one or more certain time periods of a plurality of time periods for acquiring the resource, wherein prices for the resource differ between at least two of the plurality of time periods and each anticipated demand of the first set is associated with a different one of the plurality of time periods;
• and
• a resource pricing module operative to set prices for the resource during each of the plurality of time periods according to the determined first set of anticipated demands;
• wherein one or more of the determining of the first set of anticipated demands and the setting of prices are implemented as instruction code executed on a processor device.

Apparatus for dynamic pricing of a resource, the apparatus comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
• determine a first set of anticipated demands for one or more users to acquire the resource according to uncertainty of the one or more users in preferring one or more certain time periods of a plurality of time periods for acquiring the resource, wherein prices for the resource differ between at least two of the plurality of time periods and each anticipated demand of the first set is associated with a different one of the plurality of time periods;
• and
• set prices for the resource during each of the plurality of time periods according to the determined first set of anticipated demands.