System for dynamically optimizing the income of a service provider

A computer program product comprising a non-volatile computer readable medium and non-transitory program instructions embodied therein, the program instructions being configured to be executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, from each of a plurality of service provider computing devices, an allotment of services available at a discount from a service provider, wherein the allotment of services identifies the name of the service provider, a parameter describing the services offered by the service provider, a plurality of price discounts for the offered services, and a time period during which each price discount is applicable to receiving the offered services;
• receiving, from a customer computing device, a query identifying a targeted parameter describing a targeted service;
• transmitting, to the customer computing device, a graphical user interface for displaying the name of a service provider, from among the allotments of services received from the plurality of service provider computing devices, identified in one of the allotments of services in which the parameter describing offered services matches the targeted parameter of the targeted service;
• receiving input from the customer computing device identifying a selected service provider from among the service providers displayed in the graphical user interface, a customer and a total prepaid purchase amount of the offered services of the selected service provider to be prepaid by the customer;
• receiving a prepayment initiated from the customer computing device for the total prepaid purchase amount of the offered services of the selected service provider, wherein a prepayment code is associated with each prepayment;
• storing a voucher that identifies the customer, the selected service provider, the total prepaid purchase amount of the selected offered services for which prepayment has been received, the prepayment code, a plurality of price discounts, and a unique time period associated with each price discount, wherein each price discount is applicable to the purchase of offered services during the time period associated with the price discount;
• transmitting a voucher notification to the service provider computing device of the selected service provider, wherein the voucher notification identifies, for a given voucher, the total prepaid purchase amount of the selected offered services for which prepayment has been received, the plurality of price discounts, and the unique time period associated with each price discount;
• receiving an invoice from the service provider computing device of the selected service provider after the service provider has rendered services to the customer identified in the voucher notification, wherein the invoice includes the prepayment code;
• initiating payment to the service provider in response to receiving the invoice and reaching a positive determination that the prepayment code identified in the invoice is a valid prepayment code.

A computer program product comprising a non-volatile computer readable medium and non-transitory program instructions embodied therein, the program instructions being configured to be executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• identifying a total number of units of service available from a service provider for sale at a discount;
• setting a plurality of time periods over which the identified number of units of service are available, wherein the plurality of time periods includes a first time period;
• establishing, for each of the time periods, an initial distribution of the total number of units among three discount levels, wherein the initial distribution includes a first number of units available at a first discount, a second number of units available at a second discount, and a third number of units available at a third discount, wherein the first discount is greater than the second discount, and wherein the second discount is greater than the third discount;
• and
• during a plurality of instances of the first time period:
• tracking a number of units of service that are sold at each discount level during the latest instance of the first time period;
• calculating an amount of income received from the sale of units of services during the latest instance of the first time period;
• and
• for an immediately subsequent instance of the time period:
• reducing the number of units available at the first discount by a predetermined percentage and increasing the number of units available at the second discount to include the number of units that are no longer available at the first discount in response to (1) the amount of income during the latest instance of the first time period being greater than the amount income during the previous instance of the first time period, (2) the units available at the first discount and the second discount being sold out during the time period, and (3) the number of units available at the first discount being greater than a predetermined minimum number of units;
• reducing the number of units available at the second discount by the predetermined percentage and increasing the number of units available at the third discount to include the number of units that are no longer available at the second discount in response to (1) the amount of income during the latest instance of the first time period being greater than the amount income during the immediately prior instance of the first time period, (2) the units available at the first discount and the second discount being sold out during more than a preset number of instances of the time period and (3) the number of units available at the third discount being less than a predetermined maximum number of units;
• and
• making no change in the number of units available at the first discount, the number of units available at the second discount, and the number of units available at the third discount for an immediately subsequent instance of the time period in response to (1) the amount of income during the latest instance of the first time period being greater than the amount income during the previous instance of the first time period, and (2) the units available at the first discount and the second discount not being sold out during the latest instance of the time period.

A computer program product comprising a non-volatile computer readable medium and non-transitory program instructions embodied therein, the program instructions being configured to be executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, from each of a plurality of service provider computing devices, an allotment of services available at a discount from a service provider, wherein the allotment of services identifies the name of the service provider, a parameter describing the services offered by the service provider, a price discount for the offered services, and a time period during which the price discount is applicable to receiving the offered services;
• receiving, from a customer computing device, a query identifying a targeted parameter describing a targeted service;
• providing, to the customer computing device, a graphical user interface for displaying the name of a service provider, from among the allotments of services received from the plurality of service provider computing devices, identified in one of the allotments of services in which the parameter describing offered services matches the targeted parameter of the targeted service;
• receiving input from the customer computing device identifying, from among the service providers displayed in the graphical user interface, a selected service provider and a selected time associated with a selected price discount applicable to the provision of the offered services;
• receiving input from the customer computing device initiating a payment to be credited to a prepaid account associated with the customer;
• receiving an invoice from the service provider computing device of the selected service provider after the service provider has rendered services to the customer identified in the voucher notification, wherein the invoice identifies the service provider that rendered services to the customer, the customer, and an actual purchase amount of the offered services;
• removing the actual purchase amount from a prepaid account associated with the customer;
• and
• initiating payment to the service provider in response to receiving the invoice and removing the actual purchase amount from the prepaid account associated with the customer.