Patent ID: 7437268
Filing Date: 2008-10-14
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: collecting a set of business data from a plurality of data generating devices residing on a distributed computer network; storing the collected business data in a database; monitoring the stored collected business data to determine whether one or more predetermined conditions are met, wherein one or more of the one or more predetermined conditions comprises the occurrence of an event related to the data, the receipt of one or more pieces of the set of business data, and a schedule; upon detection of one or more of the one or more predetermined conditions, initiating one or more analyses of the collected business data wherein the one or more analyses correspond to the one or more predetermined conditions, wherein an analysis comprises one or more of generating additional data for further analysis, determining revenues associated with the data and determining effectiveness of resources associated with the data; examining data resulting from the one or more analyses to determine whether one or more of the one or more predetermined conditions are met; if a predetermined condition is met, initiating at least one additional analysis on the set of business data; and storing analysis data resulting from one or more of the one or more analyses and the at least one additional analysis on a computer readable medium.