Patent ID: 7882137
Filing Date: 2011-02-01
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for transforming a computerized profit database, comprising the steps of: providing a computerized profit database having profit information; providing a relational database management system operable in association with the computerized profit database; preparing the profit information to be accessed electronically through the relational database management system, including the step of calculating opportunity values for funds used or supplied by each object being measured; establishing, in the relational database, rules for processing the prepared information, including the steps of providing information necessary to select objects and performing a profit calculus; using the relational database management system to independently calculate at least one marginal value of profit for each object being measured using the established rules as applied to a selected set of prepared information; using the relational database management system to calculate a fully absorbed profit adjustment value for each object being measured; and combining the at least one marginal value of profit and the fully absorbed profit adjustment value to create a measure for object level profitability.