Method and Apparatus
AssigneeBoggle Limited
InventorsJohn Calcutt Cowley, Lisa Marie Finch, Glyn Cartwright, Sanil Kumar Nair
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method 50 of evaluating commercial prospects for a product. The method comprises the step of presenting a plurality of questions to a user 52 of the method, with each question reflecting a different characteristic of the product being evaluated. The method then comprises the recording of an answer 56 given by the user to each question and the weighting of each recorded answer differently 60. The method also comprises providing an evaluation of the product to the user 64, with the evaluation being based on the plurality of differently weighted answers.
Claims45
A method of evaluating commercial prospects for a product, the method comprising the steps of:
- presenting a plurality of questions to a user of the method, each question reflecting a different characteristic of the product being evaluated;
- recording an answer given by the user to each question;
- weighting each recorded answer differently;
- and
- providing an evaluation of the product to the user, the evaluation being based on the plurality of differently weighted answers.
An apparatus for evaluating commercial prospects for a product, the apparatus comprising a computer processor and computer memory, the computer memory storing a plurality of questions, each question reflecting a different characteristic of a product to be evaluated, the apparatus being operative under control of the computer processor to present each of the stored plurality of questions to a user of the apparatus and to record and store in the computer memory an answer given to each question by the user, the computer processor being operative to weight each of the stored answers differently and to provide an evaluation of the product for the user based on the plurality of differently weighted answers.
A computer program comprising executable code that upon installation on a computer causes the computer to execute the procedural steps of:
- presenting a plurality of questions to a user of the computer, each question reflecting a different characteristic of the product being evaluated;
- recording an answer given by the user to each question;
- weighting each recorded answer differently;
- and
- providing an evaluation of the product to the user, the evaluation being based on the plurality of differently weighted answers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.