CREDIT REPORTING INTERFACE
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method of deriving an objective credit history profile comprising:
- receiving a request from a user;
retrieving data regarding the business from at least one source;
building the objective opinion profile from the data retrieved from the source; and
displaying the objective opinion profile of the business to the user in a real time format via the Internet.
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Abstract
A system and method for providing, in real time via the Internet, the exchange of credit information pertaining to assessing credit worthiness of a business. The exchange is an electronic inquiry, delivery, or reporting of credit information from individuals or companies to be accessed via Internet by a user community. In a preferred embodiment, the system includes a web site that, by using a web browser, allows clients to assess credit worthiness by accessing credit information in real time from a business, or provide credit data about a business by entering credit data in a web browser-supported format. The data is encrypted using means for secure transmission, such as a web browser, and then sent to at least one web application executed by web server software. The web server software coordinates and displays the credit data and allows for easy access by the user community, through a web browser, and displayed in an easily read format.
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18 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method of deriving an objective credit history profile comprising:
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receiving a request from a user; retrieving data regarding the business from at least one source; building the objective opinion profile from the data retrieved from the source; and displaying the objective opinion profile of the business to the user in a real time format via the Internet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of predicting a credit worthiness of a business, the method comprising:
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listing reliability characteristics including at least one business-provided reliability characteristic and at least one non-business-provided reliability characteristic; collecting credit data about the business for a user community; computing a business credit reliability metric predicting reliability of the merchant by applying each of the collected data values about the business as a contribution to a business reliability metric of the business; and presenting the business reliability metric to a potential customer of the business. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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9. A real time, internet based credit monitoring and reporting system, comprising:
a first process for accepting at least one credit rating value associated with a borrower, said at least one credit rating value being generated by at least one credit reporting user;
a second process for accepting additional data pertaining to said borrower'"'"'s credit status, said additional data including data not considered by said at least one credit reporting user;
a third process responsive to said at least one credit rating value and said additional data to generate a custom credit rating value for said borrower.- View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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