Patent ID: 8996391
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. For a custom score generation system, a method for enabling a third party to offer data-based services that are not restricted to data elements within a third party database operated by the third party independent of a shared database operated by the custom score generation system, the method comprising: providing at least one interactive display interface to the third party, the interactive display interface presenting a listing of data elements from the shared database that can be included as part of a custom score definition, wherein the data elements include data elements that are not present in the third party database; receiving a first third party selection based on interactions that the third party has with the interactive display interface, the first third party selection identifying a first set of the data elements from the shared database to include as part of the custom score definition; receiving a second third party selection based on input from the third party, the second third party selection identifying a second set of data elements from the third party database to further include as part of the custom score definition; modifying the custom score definition by defining a score range, wherein defining the score range comprises setting a minimum score and a maximum score for a custom score of the custom score definition; modifying the custom score definition by defining a score distribution, wherein defining the score distribution comprises setting a percentage of entities that will be assigned each score between the minimum and maximum scores; configuring the custom score definition with a scoring rule, said scoring rule defining a correlation between values of the first set of data elements and the second set of data elements to different values of the custom score according to said score range and said score distribution; and outputting the custom score for a particular entity to the third party in response to a request from the third party for the particular entity's custom score, wherein outputting the custom score comprises retrieving values of the particular entity for each data element of the first set of data elements from the shared database and values of the particular entity for each data element of the second set of data elements from the third party database and evaluating said values according to the scoring rule.