Granted Patent B2

US 12,373,900 · App. 18/425,417 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Inventors: Jagan Balsundaram (Santa Clara, CA); Seshagiri Chilukuri (San Jose, CA); Katherine Pearson (San Jose, CA); Karthikeyan Ramamoorthy (San Jose, CA)

Assignee: Zuora, Inc.

G06Q40/128G06Q30/018

Abstract

Claims (54)

1. A computer-implemented method of projecting revenue for a performance contract that includes variable consideration, the method comprising:

providing, by a server system to one or more client devices over a communication network, one or more interfaces for configuring based on corresponding business operations a set of one or more performance obligation rules for evaluating a performance contract that includes variable consideration;

receiving, by the server system from the one or more interfaces, first input data specifying the set of one or more performance obligation rules, each performance obligation rule of the set of one or more performance obligation rules including one or more conditions;

obtaining, by the server system, information associated with the performance contract, the performance contract including transaction lines associated with one or more transactions;

applying, by the server system, the set of one or more performance obligation rules to the performance contract to associate the transaction lines with a performance obligation template of one or more performance obligation templates to associate one or more performance obligations with one or more revenue recognition events;

receiving, by the server system, second input specifying one or more variable-consideration types associated with the variable consideration;

receiving, by the server system from a database over the communication network, historical transaction data associated with the one or more variable-consideration types;

using, by the server system, the one or more revenue recognition events and the historical transaction data associated with the one or more variable-consideration types to project revenue for the performance contract; and

generating, by the server system, a report based on the projected revenue for the one or more performance obligations that correspond to the one or more revenue recognition events.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying an adjustment type for one of the one or more variable-consideration type;

using the one or more revenue recognition events and the historical transaction data associated with the one of the one or more variable-consideration types to generate a variable-consideration modifier for the one of the one or more variable-consideration types based on the adjustment type;

applying the variable-consideration modifier to the projected revenue.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein the variable-consideration modifier is based on a percentage.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein the variable-consideration modifier is based on an amount.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining actual revenue from the one or more revenue recognition events;

determining one or more corrections to the projected revenue based on the actual revenue; and

applying the one or more corrections.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 , further comprising:

reallocating the transaction lines by reallocating a transaction price in the performance contract in response to the one or more corrections applied to the one or more transactions.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 , further comprising:

applying the one or more corrections to individual transaction lines.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

assigning a fair value to each transaction of the one or more transactions; and

recognizing transactional revenue associated with the each transaction of the one or more transactions.

9. A server system for projecting revenue for a performance contract that includes variable consideration, the server system comprising:

at least one processor;

memory in communication with the at least one processor, the memory storing computer-executable instructions, which, upon execution by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform:

providing, by the server system to one or more client devices over a communication network, one or more interfaces for configuring based on corresponding business operations a set of one or more performance obligation rules for evaluating a performance contract that includes variable consideration;

receiving, by the server system from the one or more interfaces, first input data specifying the set of one or more performance obligation rules, each performance obligation rule of the set of one or more performance obligation rules including one or more conditions;

obtaining, by the server system, information associated with the performance contract, the performance contract including transaction lines associated with one or more transactions;

applying, by the server system, the set of one or more performance obligation rules to the performance contract to associate the transaction lines with a performance obligation template of one or more performance obligation templates to associate one or more performance obligations with one or more revenue recognition events;

receiving, by the server system, second input specifying one or more variable-consideration types associated with the variable consideration;

receiving, by the server system from a database over the communication network, historical transaction data associated with the one or more variable-consideration types;

using, by the server system, the one or more revenue recognition events and the historical transaction data associated with the one or more variable-consideration types to project revenue for the performance contract; and

generating, by the server system, a report based on the projected revenue for the one or more performance obligations that correspond to the one or more revenue recognition events.

10. The server system of claim 9 , wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the at least one processor to perform:

identifying an adjustment type for one of the one or more variable-consideration types;

using the one or more revenue recognition events and the historical transaction data associated with the one of the one or more variable-consideration types to generate a variable-consideration modifier for the one of the one or more variable-consideration types based on the adjustment type;

applying the variable-consideration modifier to the projected revenue.

11. The server system of claim 10 , wherein the variable-consideration modifier is based on a percentage.

12. The server system of claim 10 , wherein the variable-consideration modifier is based on an amount.

13. The server system of claim 9 , wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the at least one processor to perform:

determining actual revenue from the one or more revenue recognition events;

determining one or more corrections to the projected revenue based on the actual revenue; and

applying the one or more corrections.

14. The server system of claim 13 , wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the at least one processor to perform:

reallocating the transaction lines by reallocating a transaction price in the performance contract in response to the one or more corrections applied to the one or more transactions.

15. The server system of claim 9 , wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the at least one processor to perform:

applying the one or more corrections to individual transaction lines.

16. The server system of claim 9 , wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the at least one processor to perform:

assigning a fair value to each transaction of the one or more transactions; and

recognizing transactional revenue associated with the each transaction of the one or more transactions.

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