Integrated virtual product or service validation and verification system and method

• US 20030191612A1
• Filed: 04/07/2003
• Published: 10/09/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Muchiu Chang
• Original Assignee: Muchiu Chang
• Inventors: Chang, Muchiu
• Application Number:
  US10/407,174
• Publication Number:
  US 20030191612A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 703/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/04 Forecasting or optimisation specially adapted for administrative or management purposes, e.g. linear programming or "cutting stock problem" market predictions or forecasting for commercial activities G06Q30/0202

Abstract

The present invention discloses an integrated virtual product or service validation and verification system and method which are to transfer the relationship between the product characteristics and market into mathematical models, and calculate the concerned characteristics of various design options based upon mathematical theory to make decision. The decision making can be an integrated design trade-off for an optimal design, resource allocation and customer service whose goal is to achieve the maximal merit for both the buyer and vendor.

Claims

1. An integrated virtual product or service validation and verification system and method, which comprising:

(a) a market module for acquiring market information;

(b) a product-design module for producing product design information according to said market information;

(c) a scenario module for building up at least one operational scenario according to said market information and said product design information;

(d) a modeling module for building up at least one mathematical model and computation algorithm according to said at least one operational scenario;

(e) a calculation module for performing calculation by using said at least one mathematical model and computation algorithm to obtain multiple samples of the characteristics of at least one design option;

(f) a decision-making module for making decision from said multiple samples.

2. The integrated virtual product or service validation and verification system and method as recited in claim 1, wherein said market information can be customer requirement information.

3. The integrated virtual product or service validation and verification system and method as recited in claim 1, wherein said market information can be resource information being used for said product or service.

4. The integrated virtual product or service validation and verification system and method as recited in claim 1, wherein said market information can be market competition information of said product or service.

5. The integrated virtual product or service validation and verification system and method as recited in claim 1, wherein said market information can be market assessment information of said product or service.

6. The integrated virtual product or service validation and verification system and method as recited in claim 1, wherein said product design information can be operational function information of said product or service.

7. The integrated virtual product or service validation and verification system and method as recited in claim 1, wherein said product design information can be operational procedure information of said product or service.

8. The integrated virtual product or service validation and verification system and method as recited in claim 1, wherein said product design information can be specification information of said product or service.

9. The integrated virtual product or service validation and verification system and method as recited in claim 1, wherein said product design information can be customer service mechanism information of said product or service.

10. The integrated virtual product or service validation and verification system and method as recited in claim 1, wherein said product design information can be the information which concerns the resources needed to implement an operational function of said product or service.

11. The integrated virtual product or service validation and verification system and method as recited in claim 1, wherein said product design information can be the information which concerns the resources needed to implement an operational procedure of said product or service.

12. The integrated virtual product or service validation and verification system and method as recited in claim 1, wherein said product design information can be the information which concerns the resources needed to implement a specification of said product or service.

13. The integrated virtual product or service validation and verification system and method as recited in claim 1, wherein said product design information can be the information which concerns the resources needed to implement a customer service mechanism of said product or service.

14. The integrated virtual product or service validation and verification system and method as recited in claim 1, wherein said operational scenario can include multiple characteristic changes of said product or service.

15. The integrated virtual product or service validation and verification system and method as recited in claim 1, wherein said characteristics of a design option can be the function of said product or service.

16. The integrated virtual product or service validation and verification system and method as recited in claim 1, wherein said characteristics of a design option can be the performance of said product or service.

17. The integrated virtual product or service validation and verification system and method as recited in claim 1, wherein said characteristics of a design option can be the life cycle overall characteristics of said product or service.

18. The integrated virtual product or service validation and verification system and method as recited in claim 1, wherein said characteristics of a design option can be the merit of said product or service.

19. The integrated virtual product or service validation and verification system and method as recited in claim 1, wherein said decision making can be made in a manual way.

20. The integrated virtual product or service validation and verification system and method as recited in claim 1, wherein said decision making can be made in a computerized way.