System and methods for evaluating opportunities
First Claim
1. A method of evaluating the merits of a prospective travel opportunity comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a survey system having a plurality of survey questions or statements relating to a prospective travel opportunity, to be responded to by a user, wherein the survey system communicates and stores information selected from the group consisting of survey questions or statements, evaluation parameters relating to questions or statements, potential responses, evaluation parameters relating to potential responses, actual responses or combinations thereof;
b) evaluating actual responses to the plurality of survey questions or statements against pre-defined criteria to provide an evaluation indicator relative to a prospective travel opportunity; and
c) providing at least one user with information regarding the merits of the prospective travel opportunity based upon the evaluation against the pre-defined criteria.
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Abstract
The invention is directed to systems and methods for evaluating the merits of an opportunity. A survey system having a plurality of survey questions or statements relating to the opportunity is provided to a user. The survey is responded to by a user, and information relating to the survey questions or statements, evaluation parameters relating to the questions or statements, potential responses, evaluations parameters relating to responses, and information relating to actual responses is stored (10). The actual responses are evaluated against pre-defined criteria and generating an evaluation record (12). At least one user is provided with information regarding the evaluation of the opportunity along with a recommendation relating to the opportunity (14).
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37 Claims
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1. A method of evaluating the merits of a prospective travel opportunity comprising the steps of:
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a) providing a survey system having a plurality of survey questions or statements relating to a prospective travel opportunity, to be responded to by a user, wherein the survey system communicates and stores information selected from the group consisting of survey questions or statements, evaluation parameters relating to questions or statements, potential responses, evaluation parameters relating to potential responses, actual responses or combinations thereof;
b) evaluating actual responses to the plurality of survey questions or statements against pre-defined criteria to provide an evaluation indicator relative to a prospective travel opportunity; and
c) providing at least one user with information regarding the merits of the prospective travel opportunity based upon the evaluation against the pre-defined criteria. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of evaluating an opportunity comprising the steps of:
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a) providing a survey system having a plurality of survey questions or statements relating to an opportunity, to be responded to by a user, wherein the survey system communicates and stores information comprising at least survey questions or statements, evaluation parameters relating to the questions or statements, potential responses, evaluation parameters relating to responses, and information relating to actual responses;
b) evaluating actual responses to the plurality of survey questions or statements against pre-defined criteria and generating an evaluation record; and
c) providing at least one user with at least information regarding the evaluation of said opportunity based upon the evaluation against the pre-defined criteria and a recommendation relating to said opportunity.
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18. A method of evaluating opportunities comprising;
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a) displaying a plurality of survey questions or statements relating to a prospective opportunity;
b) receiving a user'"'"'s responses to said plurality of survey questions or statements, c) evaluating the user'"'"'s responses to said plurality of survey questions or statements against pre-defined criteria to provide an evaluation indicator relative to a prospective opportunity; and
d) displaying information regarding the merits of the prospective opportunity based upon the evaluation against the pre-defined criteria.
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19. A method of evaluating an event comprising;
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a) displaying a plurality of survey questions or statements relating to an event;
b) receiving a user'"'"'s responses to said plurality of survey questions or statements, c) storing the user'"'"'s responses to said plurality of survey questions or statements; and
d) displaying information regarding the user'"'"'s evaluation of the event.
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20. A computer data signal embodied in a transmission medium comprising:
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a method comprising;
a) providing a survey system having a plurality of survey questions or statements relating to a prospective travel opportunity or a completed trip, to be responded to by a user, wherein the survey system communicates and stores information selected from the group consisting of survey questions or statements, evaluation parameters relating to questions or statements, potential responses, evaluation parameters relating to potential responses, actual responses or combinations thereof;
b) evaluating actual responses to the plurality of survey questions or statements against pre-defined criteria to provide an evaluation indicator relative to a prospective travel opportunity; and
c) providing at least one user with information regarding the merits of the prospective travel opportunity based upon the evaluation against the pre-defined criteria.
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21. A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a computer system to evaluate a prospective travel opportunity by a method comprising:
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a) providing a survey system having a plurality of survey questions or statements relating to a prospective travel opportunity, to be responded to by a user, wherein the survey system communicates and stores information selected from the group consisting of survey questions or statements, evaluation parameters relating to questions or statements, potential responses, evaluation parameters relating to potential responses, actual responses or combinations thereof;
b) evaluating actual responses to the plurality of survey questions or statements against pre-defined criteria to provide an evaluation indicator relative to a prospective travel opportunity or a competed trip; and
c) providing at least one user with information regarding the merits of the prospective travel opportunity based upon the evaluation against the pre-defined criteria.
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22. A method of evaluating the characteristics of a completed trip comprising the steps of:
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a) providing a survey system having a plurality of survey questions or statements relating to a trip taken, to be responded to by the user, wherein the survey system communicates and stores information selected from the group consisting of survey questions or statements, evaluation parameters relating to questions or statements, potential responses, evaluation parameters relating to potential responses, actual responses or combinations thereof;
b) storing responses to the plurality of survey questions or statements; and
c) providing at least one user with information regarding the characteristics of the completed trip. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of accumulating travel related information from a plurality of organizations comprising the steps of:
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a) electronically receiving from a plurality of users, responses to a plurality of survey questions or statements relating to travel opportunities or trips taken;
said information comprising data selected from the group consisting of data about the type of trip, the purpose of the trip, the perceived value of the trip, information relating to travel characteristics of a travel opportunity or taken trip, information regarding the merits of a travel opportunity or taken trip, information about the traveler or prospective traveler, information about the traveler or prospective traveler'"'"'s organization, information about the organization'"'"'s industry or activities, information about the organization'"'"'s revenue, information on the organization'"'"'s travel characteristics or some component of travel taken by the organization and combinations thereof;
b) electronically storing said responses; and
c) providing at least one user with access to a set or subset of said responses. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method of evaluating the merits of a prospective business travel opportunity comprising the steps of:
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a) providing a survey system having a plurality of survey questions or statements relating to a prospective travel opportunity of a business, to be responded to by a user, wherein the survey system communicates and stores information selected from the group consisting of survey questions or statements, evaluation parameters relating to questions or statements, potential responses, evaluation parameters relating to responses relating to the business, actual responses or combinations thereof;
b) evaluating actual responses to the plurality of survey questions or statements against pre-defined criteria related to the business travel opportunity to provide an evaluation indicator relative to a prospective business travel opportunity; and
c) providing at least one user with information regarding the merits of the prospective business travel opportunity based upon the evaluation against the pre-defined criteria.
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37. A method of evaluating an event comprising the steps of:
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a) displaying a plurality of survey questions or statements relating to an event, the questions or statements selected from the group consisting of type of event, purpose of event, value of the event, cost of the event or combinations thereof;
b) receiving a user'"'"'s responses to said plurality of survey questions or statements, c) storing the user'"'"'s responses to said plurality of survey questions or statements; and
d) displaying information regarding the characteristics of the event based upon the responses to the plurality of survey questions or responses.
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