# US 2014/0195447 A1 · Engine, system and method of providing cloud-based business valuation and associated services

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- Number: US 2014/0195447 A1
- Document ID: US20140195447A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/155,616
- Filed: 2014-01-15
- Published: 2014-07-10
- Earliest claimed: 2011-06-06
- Assignees: BizEquity LLC
- Applicants: BizEquity LLC
- Inventors: Michael M. Carter
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140195447A1

## CPC

- G06Q 30/018: Certifying business or products
- G06Q 30/0251: Targeted advertisements
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

A computer-implemented engine, system and method for generating business valuations, scoring, and/or flagging over a network, responsively to information input by a user remote from the engine, system and method. The invention may include a graphical user interface capable of locally querying a user to input the company information, at least one network port capable of remotely receiving the company information from the graphical user interface, and at least one engine communicatively connected to the at least one network port, which engine preferably includes a plurality of rules to generate, responsively to the input company information, at least one of a business valuation, a business score, and/or one or more business flags to be used as indicators in a network marketplace, for the company associated with the inputted company information.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A computer-implemented engine for generating a verified business valuation, over a network, responsively to input company information comprising at least one certified information input, comprising:
a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having encoded thereon computer executable instructions for providing a graphical user interface capable of locally querying a valuation requester for the input company information comprising at least general company information, company financial information, company presence information, material changes to the company, and the at least one certified information input;
at least one network port capable of remotely receiving the company information from said graphical user interface;
at least one verification engine communicatively connected to said at least one network port, and comprising a plurality of rules to generate, responsively to the input of company information, the verification of at least one portion of the company information from at least one remote information source; and
at least one rules engine communicatively connected to said at least one network port, and comprising a plurality of rules to generate, responsively to the input company information, the verified business valuation of the company.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The engine of claim 1, wherein the verification engine queries at least one third party information site to compare at least one portion of the company information.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The engine of claim 1, wherein the query is executed in real time.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The engine of claim 1, wherein rules engine further generates a score based on the amount of verified company information.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The engine of claim 1, wherein the at least one remote information source is a government agency.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The engine of claim 1, wherein the at least one remote information source is a bank.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The engine of claim 1, wherein the at least one remote information source is a private investor.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The engine of claim 1, wherein the at least one remote information source is a vendor of information.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The engine of claim 1, wherein the verified business evaluation is substantially compliant with 409A reporting.