System and method for facilitating bilateral and multilateral decision-making
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First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating evaluation, in connection with the procurement or delivery of products or services, in a context of at least one of (i) a financial transaction and (ii) operation of an enterprise, such context involving a first class of parties in a first role and a second class of counterparties in a second role, the method comprising:
- in a first computer process, retrieving first preference data from a first digital storage medium, the first preference data including attribute levels derived from choices made by at least one of the parties in the first class;
in a second computer process, retrieving second preference data from a second digital storage medium, the second preference data including attribute levels derived from choices made by at least one of the counterparties in the second class;
in a third computer process, for a selected party, performing multilateral analyses of the selected party'"'"'s preference data and the preference data of each of the counterparties, and computing a closeness-of-fit value based thereon; and
in a fourth computer process, using the computed closeness-of-fit values to derive and provide a list matching the selected party and at least one of the counterparties.
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Abstract
Techniques for facilitating evaluation, in connection with the procurement or delivery of products or services, in a context of at least one of (i) a financial transaction and (ii) operation of an enterprise, are disclosed. The techniques involve retrieving party and counterparty preference data from digital storage media; performing multilateral analyses of the combined preference data by computing a closeness-of-fit value; and delivering a list matching the at least one party and the at least one counterparty using the computed closeness-of-fit values.
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1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating evaluation, in connection with the procurement or delivery of products or services, in a context of at least one of (i) a financial transaction and (ii) operation of an enterprise, such context involving a first class of parties in a first role and a second class of counterparties in a second role, the method comprising:
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in a first computer process, retrieving first preference data from a first digital storage medium, the first preference data including attribute levels derived from choices made by at least one of the parties in the first class; in a second computer process, retrieving second preference data from a second digital storage medium, the second preference data including attribute levels derived from choices made by at least one of the counterparties in the second class; in a third computer process, for a selected party, performing multilateral analyses of the selected party'"'"'s preference data and the preference data of each of the counterparties, and computing a closeness-of-fit value based thereon; and in a fourth computer process, using the computed closeness-of-fit values to derive and provide a list matching the selected party and at least one of the counterparties. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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Current AssigneeDalton Sentry LLC
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Original AssigneeDalton Sentry LLC
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InventorsShapiro, Eileen C., Mintz, Steven J.
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Primary Examiner(s)Loftis, Johnna
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Application NumberUS12/754,291Publication NumberTime in Patent Office603 DaysField of Search705/7.14, 705/327, 705/321US Class Current705/7.14CPC Class CodesG06F 16/9535 Search customisation based ...G06Q 10/063112 Skill-based matching of a p...G06Q 10/1053 Employment or hiringG06Q 20/10 specially adapted for elect...G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation...G06Q 30/0203 Market surveys; Market pollsG06Q 30/0204 Market segmentationG06Q 30/0282 Rating or review of busines...G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. sto...G06Q 50/2053 Education institution selec...
