Techniques and Architectures for Customizable Modular Line Item Evaluation

A system comprising:

• one or more processors for processing of data;
• an application programming interface (API) to receive pricing requests from one or more clients;
• and
• a pricing service including a pluggable architecture to accept the plurality of pricing methods, each pricing method of the plurality of pricing methods including a set of pricing functions, and the pricing service further including one or more extension points comprising programmatic hooks within an operational flow of the pricing service to provide optional interfaces to functional modules external to the pricing service;
• wherein, in response to receiving a pricing requests for a sales transaction from a first client, the sales transaction including one or more sales items and including a pricing context for each of the one or more sales items, the system is to perform a price calculation for each of the one or more sales items, including the system to:
• resolve selected pricing method for each sales item of the one or more sales items from the plurality of pricing methods,
• call, via at least one of the one or more extension points, an external functional module to interact with the operational flow of the pricing service,
• provide, with the pricing service, the aggregated results to the source entity.

A method comprising:

• installing a plurality of pricing methods at a pricing service, the pricing service including a pluggable architecture to accept the plurality of pricing methods, each pricing method of the plurality of pricing methods including a set of pricing functions, and the pricing service further including one or more extension points comprising programmatic hooks within an operational flow of the pricing service to provide optional interfaces to functional modules external to the pricing service;
• receiving, at the pricing service, a pricing request from a first client for a sales transaction including one or more sales items, the pricing request including a pricing resolving selected pricing method for each sales item of the one or more sales items from the plurality of pricing methods;
• calling, via at least one of the one or more extension points, an external functional module to interact with the operational flow of the pricing service;
• and
• providing, with the pricing service, the aggregated results to the source entity.