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Method and computer readable medium for assisting a customer in choosing among commodities

  • US 7,711,606 B2
  • Filed: 03/09/2005
  • Issued: 05/04/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for assisting a customer in choosing among commodities, the method comprising:

  • searching a decision rules database and applying decision rules to a profile of a customer'"'"'s business;

    creating a set of business requirement questions based upon the applied decision rules database;

    implementing a business rule filter to answers from the customer to the set of business requirement questions;

    recommending, by an optimizer device, at least one commodity category to the customer, based upon the business rule filter implementation;

    identifying one or more parameters associated with the at least one commodity category;

    associating at least one value to each of the parameters;

    calculating an estimated cost for at least one commodity of the at least one commodity category based on the values associated with the parameters;

    obtaining from the customer a preference weighting for each of the parameters; and

    calculating an effective cost by adjusting the estimated cost based on the preference weightings and the values associated with the parameters.

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