METHOD FOR ANALYZING DEMOGRAPHIC DATA
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1. A computer-implemented method of creating a listing of a plurality of locations in rank order from greatest to least similarity in at least one user identified characteristic, the method comprising the steps of:
- calculating a numeric value that represents a relative measure at which said at least one characteristic exists in each of said plurality of locations and associating said value with each of said plurality of locations within a database;
allowing a user to select at least one characteristic associated with the locations within the database;
automatically comparing the numeric value associated with each of the plurality of locations in the database to determine the overall dissimilarities between each of said numeric values based on said user selected characteristic; and
automatically generating an ordered list of locations from greatest to least similarity in said at least one user identified characteristic based on the smallest dissimilarities in said numeric values.
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Abstract
A computer implemented method of generating an ordered list of geographical locations having similarities in preselected categories relative to a first geographical location.
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1. A computer-implemented method of creating a listing of a plurality of locations in rank order from greatest to least similarity in at least one user identified characteristic, the method comprising the steps of:
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calculating a numeric value that represents a relative measure at which said at least one characteristic exists in each of said plurality of locations and associating said value with each of said plurality of locations within a database; allowing a user to select at least one characteristic associated with the locations within the database; automatically comparing the numeric value associated with each of the plurality of locations in the database to determine the overall dissimilarities between each of said numeric values based on said user selected characteristic; and automatically generating an ordered list of locations from greatest to least similarity in said at least one user identified characteristic based on the smallest dissimilarities in said numeric values. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A computer-implemented method of identifying a plurality of locations that have the greatest similarity to another user selected location as modified by at least one user selected characteristic, the method comprising the steps of:
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calculating a numeric value that represents a relative measure at which said at least one characteristic exists in each of said plurality of locations and associating said value with each of said plurality of locations within a database; allowing a user to select a first location from the database; allowing said user to modify at least one of said characteristics associated with said locations; automatically recalculating said numeric value based on said user modification of said characteristics; automatically comparing the recalculated numeric value associated with said modified set of characteristics with the numeric values associated with the other locations in the data base to determine the overall dissimilarities in said numeric values; and automatically generating an ordered list of locations that are most similar to said user selected location as modified by said user based on the smallest dissimilarities in said numeric values. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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