SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING CLOUD-BASED BUSINESS VALUATION SERVICES VIA A MOBILE APP

• US 20120310684A1
• Filed: 12/01/2011
• Published: 12/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: BizEquity LLC (Advance Publications Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: BizEquity LLC (Advance Publications Incorporated)
• Inventors: Carter, Michael M.
• Application Number:
  US13/308,701
• Publication Number:
  US 20120310684A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.11
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/067 Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/06 Asset management; Financial planning or analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/12 Accounting

Abstract

A computer-implemented engine, system and method for generating business valuations, scoring, and/or flagging over a network, responsively to information input by a user remote from the engine, system and method. The invention may include a graphical user interface capable of locally querying a user to input the company information, at least one network port capable of remotely receiving the company information from the graphical user interface, and at least one engine communicatively connected to the at least one network port, which engine preferably includes a plurality of rules to generate, responsively to the input company information, at least one of a business valuation, a business score, and/or one or more business flags to be used as indicators in a network marketplace, for the company associated with the inputted company information.

Claims

1. An engine for generating a business valuation over a network responsive to input company information, comprising:

at least one processor capable of executing computing code associated with the engine;

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having encoded thereon computer executable instructions for providing a graphical user interface capable of querying, remotely from said processor, a valuation requester for the input company information, wherein said graphical user interface provides at least a plurality of apps related to the input company information;

at least one network port local to said processor and capable of locally receiving the company information and interaction by the valuation requester with the apps from said graphical user interface;

at least one rules engine communicatively connected to said at least one network port and executed by said processor, and comprising a plurality of rules to generate at least a valuation of a company responsively to the company information; and

an app engine executed by said processor that provides at least an application responsive to the interaction by the valuation requester with the apps.

2. The engine of claim 1, wherein the graphical user interface is remote from the valuation requester.

3. The engine of claim 1, wherein the graphical user interface may query the valuation requester for at least one information flag.

4. The engine of claim 1, wherein the input company information is at least one selected from the group consisting of a third party payment score, a credit score, a tax return, liabilities, debt incurred and cash accrued.

5. The engine of claim 1, wherein the graphical user interface is accessible from at least two remote locations.

6. The engine of claim 1, wherein the graphical user interface is accessible by at least two valuation requesters.

7. The engine of claim 1, wherein the valuation requester is not associated with the company.

8. The engine of claim 1, wherein the company information is received through a valuation requester not associated with the company.

9. The engine of claim 1, wherein the company-related information includes information related to principles of the company.

10. The engine of claim 1, wherein the third-party locations include third party entities.

11. The engine of claim 1, wherein the plurality of apps includes at least one topic of information selected from the list comprising legal service, accounting services, marketing assistance, capital management, staffing management, payroll management, accounting, and finance.

12. The engine of claim 1, further comprising a reporting engine communicatively coupled to the valuation requester, wherein at least one report is provided to the valuation requester.

23. The method of claim 3, wherein the plurality of apps includes at least one topic of information selected from the list comprising legal service, accounting services, marketing assistance, capital management, staffing management, payroll management, accounting, and finance.

13. A method for generating a business valuation over a network responsive to input company information, comprising:

providing at least one processor capable of executing computing code associated with the engine;

providing a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having encoded thereon computer executable instructions for providing a graphical user interface capable of querying, remotely from said processor, a valuation requester for the input company information, wherein said graphical user interface provides at least a plurality of apps related to the input company information;

providing at least one network port local to said processor and capable of locally receiving the company information and interaction by the valuation requester with the apps from said graphical user interface; and

providing at least one rules engine communicatively connected to said at least one network port and executed by said processor, and comprising a plurality of rules to generate at least a valuation of a company responsively to the company information;

wherein an app engine executed by said processor provides at least an application responsive to the interaction by the valuation requester with the apps.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the graphical user interface is remote from the valuation requester.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the graphical user interface may query the valuation requester for at least one information flag.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the input company information is at least one selected from the group consisting of a third party payment score, a credit score, a tax return, liabilities, debt incurred and cash accrued.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the graphical user interface is accessible from at least two remote locations.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein the graphical user interface is accessible by at least two valuation requesters.

19. The method of claim 13, wherein the valuation requester is not associated with the company.

20. The method of claim 13, wherein the company information is received through a valuation requester not associated with the company.

21. The method of claim 13, wherein the company-related information includes information related to principles of the company.

22. The method of claim 13, wherein the third-party locations include third party entities.