Membership selection assistant
First Claim
1. A method of selecting one or more memberships to use for a set of actions that involve use of memberships, said method comprising the steps ofidentification of a set of memberships from which said selection will be made;
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retrieval from a database of benefits associated with use of said memberships to carry out said actions; and
consolidation and ordering of said retrieved benefits; and
selection of memeberships using said consolidated and ordered benefit information.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for a membership selection assistant that assists users in selecting a set of memberships to carry out a set of actions. This assistance is provided by determining what actions the user wishes to carry out and what memberships the user wishes to consider for those actions; then determining what benefits the user would derive by use of the memberships they have identified; then consolidating and rank ordering the benefit information; then either presenting the user with consolidated and rank ordered information, or automatically making optimal membership selection.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of selecting one or more memberships to use for a set of actions that involve use of memberships, said method comprising the steps of
identification of a set of memberships from which said selection will be made; - and
identification of a set of actions for which said selection is to be made; and retrieval from a database of benefits associated with use of said memberships to carry out said actions; and consolidation and ordering of said retrieved benefits; and selection of memeberships using said consolidated and ordered benefit information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An article of manufacture for developing a membership selection system, comprising a computer readable medium containing one or more programs which when executed implement the steps of:
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identification of a set of memberships from which membership selection will be made; and identification of a set of actions for which said selection is to be made; and retrieval from a database of benefits associated with use of said memberships to carry out said actions; and consolidation and ordering of said retrieved benefits; and selection of memeberships using said consolidated and ordered benefit information. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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