Method for flexible definition and retrieval of behavioral data applicable to multiple participating parties
OwnerMary K. Dangler, Richard Addison Bensoninventors
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Abstract
A method for guiding the decision making process prior to a company entering into an agreement, or engaging in a transaction, or conducting a business event. Policies, factors, weights, and relative priorities for the factors are established for each kind of agreement, transaction or event. Later, the established factors are retrieved and they are operated upon in accordance with an algorithm.
Claims14
A method for guiding decision making related to at least one business role, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) retrieving at least one business policy for at least one business role;
- (b) determining and retrieving established factors and established relative weights assigned to said established factors for the at least one business role;
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- (c) operating upon the retrieved at least one business role, the established factors, and the established relative weights in accordance with an algorithm.
A method for guiding decision making related to at least one business role, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) specifying the at least one business role;
- (b) establishing at least one business policy for the at least one business role, said establishing the at least one business policy including the steps of:
- (i) establishing factors to be considered;
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- (ii) establishing relative weights to be assigned to each of the factors;
- (c) retrieving the at least one business policy for the at least one business role;
- (d) determining and retrieving the established factors and the established relative weights assigned to said factors for the at least one business role;
- (e) operating upon the retrieved at least one business policy, the established factors, and the established relative weights in accordance with an algorithm.
A program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for
- (a) specifying the at least one business role;
- (b) establishing at least one business policy for the at least one business role, said establishing the at least one business policy including the steps of:
- (i) establishing factors to be considered;
- and
- (ii) establishing relative weights to be assigned to each of the factors;
- (c) retrieving the at least one business policy for the at least one business role;
- (d) determining and retrieving the established factors and the established relative weights assigned to said factors for the at least one business role;
- (e) operating upon the retrieved at least one business policy, the established factors, and the established relative weights in accordance with an algorithm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.