Fuzzy Evaluation of Responses to Provide Degree of Satisfaction
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system and method for evaluating offers that are received in response to a request of a user. The system and method of the present invention use fuzzy logic to evaluate the offers. The evaluation provides a degree of satisfaction based on the information provided by the user.
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25 Claims
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7. A method for evaluating a bid submitted in response to a bid invitation, comprising:
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upon receipt of said bid, retrieving bid invitation information from said bid invitation indicating preferences of a prospective purchaser, wherein said preferences were specified using fuzzy variables; evaluating said bid using an algorithm that obtains a degree of satisfaction of said prospective purchaser with said bid by using said preferences of said prospective purchaser; and providing said prospective purchaser with an indication of said quantitative value. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for evaluating a bid submitted in response to a bid invitation, comprising:
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a processor; a memory coupled to said processor; and a bid evaluation engine residing in said memory and executed by said processor, said bid evaluation engine comprising; an evaluation module for evaluating a bid to provide a degree of satisfaction of a prospective purchaser, said evaluation comprising use of fuzzy logic techniques that consider preferences provided by said prospective purchaser in a bid invitation; and a presentation module for presenting said degree of satisfaction by providing a ranking of said bid with other bids received in response to said bid invitation or providing a linguistic expression of said degree of satisfaction. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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21. Computer readable medium storing thereon program instructions that, when executed, cause an executing device to:
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upon receipt of said bid, retrieve bid invitation information from said bid invitation indicating preferences of a prospective purchaser, wherein said preferences were specified using fuzzy variables; evaluate said bid using an algorithm that obtains a degree of satisfaction of said prospective purchaser with said bid by using said preferences of said prospective purchaser; and provide said prospective purchaser with an indication of said quantitative value. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for evaluating a response submitted in response to a request, comprising:
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upon receipt of said response, retrieving request information from said request indicating preferences of a user, said request information comprising an item importance selection, an attribute importance selection, and degrees of satisfaction of possible attribute values of said attribute; and calculate a quantitative value representing a degree of satisfaction with said response using said item importance selection, said attribute importance selection, and said degrees of satisfaction using fuzzy logic techniques including a center of gravity approach.
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