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Method and system for selecting optimal commodities based upon business profile and preferences

  • US 7,707,090 B2
  • Filed: 08/21/2008
  • Issued: 04/27/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer-implemented method for assisting a customer in choosing a combination of commodities, wherein a combination is composed of one commodity selected from each of N categories, and wherein N is an integer greater than one, the method comprising:

  • (a) ranking the commodities within each category based, in part, on at least one optimization parameter;

    (b) creating a first combination for a first category by;

    (i) selecting a highest ranked commodity from the first category;

    (ii) automatically selecting any commodities in other categories that are linked to the commodity selected in step(b)(i);

    (iii) selecting a valid commodity for each of the categories from which a commodity has not already been selected for the first combination;

    (c) repeating (b) for the other N−

    1 categories to create N−

    1 other combinations;

    (d) calculating a total cost of each combination; and

    (e) presenting the combinations to the customer, wherein steps (a) through (e), inclusive, are executed on a computer device.

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