SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USAGE BASED RENTAL (UBR) OF INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS

摘要

A method for usage based rental (UBR) of an industrial or engineering application includes providing an application with instructions executable on a computer system comprising a processor; providing multiple usage based rental (UBR) options for the application, each usage based rental (UBR) option comprising an intermitted usage to fixed and continuous time duration ratio R between 0 (zero) and 1 (one); and selecting a usage based rental (UBR) option from the multiple usage based rental (UBR) options, wherein the application is operable according to the selected ratio R governing the usage based rental (UBR) option. Further, a usage based rental (UBR) management system is disclosed.