Pluggable Architecture for Performance of Pricing Operations

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, the pricing service including a pluggable architecture for installation of a plurality of pricing methods at a pricing service, each pricing method of the plurality of pricing method including a set of pricing functions;
• 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 a pricing method for each sales item from the plurality of pricing methods,
• apply the set of pricing functions for the resolved pricing function for each sales item, wherein the application of the set of pricing functions is based at least in part on the pricing context for the sales item,
• calculate a price for each sales item based upon an outcome of the set of pricing functions, and
• aggregate the calculated prices for each of the one or more sales items.

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 method including a set of pricing functions;
• 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 context for each of the one or more sales items;
• resolving a pricing method for each sales item of the one or more sales items from the plurality of pricing methods;
• applying the set of pricing functions for the resolved pricing method for each sales item of the one or more sales items, wherein application of the set of pricing functions is based at least in part on the pricing context for the sales item;
• calculating a price for each sales item based upon an outcome of the set of pricing functions for the resolved pricing method;
• and
• aggregating the calculated prices for each of the one or more sales items.