Network based business diagnostic and credit evaluation method and system
First Claim
1. A method of providing a business information service to a user comprising:
- (a) presenting to said user one or more menus that permit said user to select one or more of a plurality of business services and to identify a target business; and
(b) delivering to said user data of any of said plurality of business services selected by said user that concerns said target business.
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Abstract
A method and system that permits a user to select online one of a plurality of business services and to receive a report of that service for a target business. The method can be completely performed via a computer system associated with a database that contains business data concerning a multitude of businesses. Alternatively, the method may be performed in part by an application program running on the user'"'"'s device. The user is presented with one or more menus to select a business service and to identify a target business. The method prepares a report concerning the target business based on the selected business service. The business services include, for example, prospecting, credit reports, collections help, business risk evaluations, alerts and benchmarking. The report is delivered to the user via the menus, email, postal service, courier or other.
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43 Claims
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1. A method of providing a business information service to a user comprising:
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(a) presenting to said user one or more menus that permit said user to select one or more of a plurality of business services and to identify a target business; and
(b) delivering to said user data of any of said plurality of business services selected by said user that concerns said target business. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of providing a business information service to a user comprising:
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(a) presenting to said user one or more menus that permit said user to select one or more of a plurality of business services;
(b) identifying a target business selected by said user;
(c) preparing a report on said target business based upon a selected one of said plurality of business services; and
(d) delivering said report to said user. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A method of communicating business data among a user device and a business service provider device, said method comprising:
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(a) presenting to said user a payment performance record of at least one of said user'"'"'s customers; and
(b) communicating said payment performance record to said business service provider device. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41)
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42. A computer for providing a business information service to a user comprising:
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means for presenting to said user one or more menus that permit said user to select one or more of a plurality of business services;
means for identifying a target business selected by said user;
means for preparing a report on said target business based upon a selected one of said plurality of business services; and
means for delivering said report to said user.
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43. A memory media for operating a computer to provide a business information service to a user comprising:
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means for operating said computer to perform a first operation of presenting to said user one or more menus that permit said user to select one or more of a plurality of business services;
means for operating said computer to perform a second operation of identifying a target business selected by said user;
means for operating said computer to perform a third operation of operating said computer to perform a third operation of preparing a report on said target business based upon a selected one of said plurality of business services; and
means for operating said computer to perform a fourth operation of delivering said report to said user.
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