Tiered access to integrated rating system
First Claim
1. A system for rating an entity which is publicly accessible by a user at a client machine through a connection to a distributed computer network, at least part of the rating system executing on a host machine with reference to indicators in a database, comprising:
- a first interface component accessible through the distributed computer network, the first interface component configured to present to the client machine at least one company name in association with a respective integrated rating;
a processor configured to compute each respective integrated rating as a single rating value derived by the processor by application of a first formula to prescribed ones of plural discrete indicators contained in the database, a first portion of the discrete indicators relating to financial data and a second portion of the discrete indicators relating to non-financial data; and
a second interface component configured to permit only selected users to interact with the prescribed indicators from which the single rating value is derived.
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Abstract
Tiered-access to data from which integrated ratings on companies is derived to users at machines connected to a distributed computer network. All users are presented with a name of a particular company in association with a computed integrated rating through a first interface component. Only a subset of the users is permited to interact with prescribed indicators from which the integrated rating is derived. A rating system accessible through connections to the network executes on a host machine and includes the first interface component. A processor computes each integrated rating as a single rating value by application of a formula to prescribed indicators contained in a database. A second interface component permits only selected users to interact with the prescribed indicators. Optionally, a third interface component enables further specific interactions in response to any permission established by the second interface component.
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19 Claims
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1. A system for rating an entity which is publicly accessible by a user at a client machine through a connection to a distributed computer network, at least part of the rating system executing on a host machine with reference to indicators in a database, comprising:
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a first interface component accessible through the distributed computer network, the first interface component configured to present to the client machine at least one company name in association with a respective integrated rating;
a processor configured to compute each respective integrated rating as a single rating value derived by the processor by application of a first formula to prescribed ones of plural discrete indicators contained in the database, a first portion of the discrete indicators relating to financial data and a second portion of the discrete indicators relating to non-financial data; and
a second interface component configured to permit only selected users to interact with the prescribed indicators from which the single rating value is derived. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for providing tiered access to rating data to users at respective client machines connected to a distributed computer network, comprising the steps of:
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computing an integrated rating for a company by applying a first formula to plural discrete indicators concerning a particular company, the indicators being contained in a database and having a first portion relating to financial data and a second portion relating to non-financial data;
presenting to all users at respective client machines through a first interface component accessible through the distributed computer network a name of the particular company in association with the computed integrated rating; and
selectively permitting a subset of the users to interact with prescribed indicators from which the integrated rating is derived.
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