Systems and methods for valuation of tangible items
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1. A computer-based tangible property item valuation method, comprising:
- receiving a machine-readable inventory listing comprising a plurality of machine-readable entries that each include at least a description of an item to be valued,retrieving digitally stored valuation information from a database for at least a plurality of the item entries, andassembling a valuation listing that includes valuation information, retrieved from the database for at least a plurality of the item entries.
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Abstract
Computer-based tangible property item valuation systems and methods are disclosed. In one general aspect, these include business logic responsive to a machine-readable inventory listing comprising a plurality of machine-readable entries that each include at least a description of an item to be valued. A database stores valuation information for at least a plurality of the item entries, and logic is provided for assembling a valuation listing that includes valuation information retrieved from the database for at least a plurality of the item entries.
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1. A computer-based tangible property item valuation method, comprising:
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receiving a machine-readable inventory listing comprising a plurality of machine-readable entries that each include at least a description of an item to be valued, retrieving digitally stored valuation information from a database for at least a plurality of the item entries, and assembling a valuation listing that includes valuation information, retrieved from the database for at least a plurality of the item entries. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer-based tangible property item valuation method, comprising:
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receiving a machine-readable item entry of an inventory listing that includes at least a description of an item to be valued, receiving machine-readable background information pertaining to the inventory listing as a whole, and retrieving digitally stored valuation information from a database for the item entries in the listing using a search strategy that includes provisions for accessing both a description for that item entry and the background information for the inventory listing. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer-based tangible property item valuation method, comprising:
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receiving a machine-readable inventory listing comprising a plurality of machine-readable entries that each include at least a description of an item to be valued, extracting information from one of the item entries, extracting information from one or more further ones of the item entries, and retrieving digitally stored valuation information from a database of items for a least the one of the item entries both based on the description for that item entry and based on information about the further item entries. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A computer-based tangible property item valuation method, comprising:
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receiving a machine-readable inventory listing comprising a plurality of machine-readable entries that each include at least a description of an item to be valued, applying an automatic computer-based reserve estimating process to the inventory listing, electronically communicating a result of the computer-based estimating process to a user, and retrieving digitally stored valuation information from a database for item entries in the inventory listing, wherein at least part of the step of retrieving takes place after the step of communicating.
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20. A computer-based tangible property item valuation method, comprising:
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receiving a machine-readable item record that includes at least a natural language description of an item to be valued, wherein the natural language description includes a plurality of words, detecting linguistic features in the natural language description in the machine readable item record, applying a set of item information extraction rules to the linguistic features to create a distilled query, and retrieving digitally stored valuation information from a database for the machine-readable item record using the distilled query. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A computer-based tangible property item valuation method, comprising:
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receiving a machine-readable item record that includes at least a description of an item to be valued, retrieving digitally stored valuation information from a database for the item entries, deriving a confidence measure for the valuation information for each of the entries, and communicating both the retrieved valuation information and the confidence measure to a user for at least one of the item entries. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A computer-based tangible property item valuation method, comprising:
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receiving from a first user a first machine-readable item record that includes at least a description of an item to be valued, applying a first set of rules to the first machine-readable item record from the first user, retrieving digitally stored valuation information from a database for the first machine-readable item record, presenting to the first user at least some of the retrieved digitally stored valuation information for the first machine-readable item record, wherein content of the digitally stored valuation information presented to the first user is responsive to the step of applying a first set of rules, receiving from a second user a second machine-readable item record that includes at least a description of an item to be valued, applying a second set of rules to the second machine-readable item record from the second user, wherein the second set of rules is different from the first set of rules, retrieving digitally stored valuation information from a database for the second machine-readable item record, and presenting to the second user at least some of the retrieved digitally stored valuation information for the second machine-readable item record, wherein content of the digitally stored valuation information presented to the first user is responsive to the step of applying a second set of rules. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36)
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37. A computer-based tangible property item valuation system based on stored instructions operative to run on a processor, comprising:
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business logic responsive to a machine-readable inventory listing comprising a plurality of machine-readable entries that each include at least a description of an item to be valued, a database for storing valuation information for at least a plurality of the item entries, and logic for assembling a valuation listing that includes valuation information retrieved from the database for at least a plurality of the item entries. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A computer-based tangible property item valuation system based on stored instructions operative to run on a processor, comprising:
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logic for receiving a machine-readable inventory listing comprising a plurality of machine-readable entries that each include at least a description of an item to be valued, logic for retrieving digitally stored valuation information from a database for at least a plurality of the item entries, and logic for assembling a valuation listing that includes valuation information retrieved from the database for at least a plurality of the item entries. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48)
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49. A computer-based tangible property item valuation system, comprising:
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means for receiving a machine-readable inventory listing comprising a plurality of machine-readable entries that each include at least a description of an item to be valued, means for retrieving digitally stored valuation information from database means for at least a plurality of the item entries, and means for assembling a valuation listing that includes valuation information retrieved from the database for at least a plurality of the item entries.
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