Patent ID: 9471893
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: G06Q,G16Z

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a collection entity, a first request from a first entity to audit a first product, the first request including a first instruction to determine information about a second product that competes with the first product; in response to the first request, assigning a first auditor to audit the first product and to record the information about the second product; receiving, at the collection entity, a second request from a second entity to audit a third product; determining that the second request includes a second instruction to determine information about the second product identified in the first request; in response to the second request and determining that the first instruction requests the information about the second product at a first level that is more granular than a second level requested by the second request, assigning a second auditor to audit the third product without including a further instruction to record the information about the second product to reduce an amount of memory utilized for storing the second auditor's responses to the instructions; receiving audit information about the second product at the first level from the first auditor; and computing the information about the second product at the second level from the audit information.