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Report searching in a merger and acquisition environment

  • US 6,581,039 B2
  • Filed: 11/23/1999
  • Issued: 06/17/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/23/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for searching for a report in a database, in which a plurality of users have stored a plurality of reports, each of the plurality of reports having a plurality of fields and an identifier corresponding to the user who authored the report, the method, comprising:

  • building a search query comprising at least one identifier, wherein the at least one identifier is at least one of owner name, team name, event, area, period from date, and period to date;

    searching the database for the set of reports from the plurality of reports having identifiers that satisfy the search query;

    displaying the identifiers of the set of reports found during the search;

    displaying a selected report after a user selects from the displayed identifiers for the set of reports found;

    comparing the selected report against a predetermined milestone;

    determining whether the milestone has been accomplished based on results from the step of comparing; and

    outputting a summary of the report and the milestone.

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