Patent ID: 7587377
Filing Date: 2009-09-08
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer-driven method of scoring and automatically qualifying search results based on a predefined scoring matrix of third-parties stored in a computer workstation hardware providing a memory component, a graphical user interface accessed through a keyboard, a pointing device, a monitor, communications equipment such as a modem, and at least one line of communication with all users and system components, relating to a knowledge domain contained in local, network and internet databases, comprising: delimiting specific questions within the knowledge domain databases; invoking a rule construction tool implemented in the configured computer workstation to construct scoring rules to answers of said questions within the knowledge domain databases; invoking a qualification definition tool implemented in the configured computer workstation to define a qualification level and set level standards based on answers of said questions inputted by vendor into the particularly configured workstation using the graphical user interface and application-specific entry forms on an interactive screen; storing said rules and qualification definitions as a scoring matrix in the configured computer workstation memory component; accepting search criteria and rank based on the scoring matrix to query an internal, networked, or internet-based database within a knowledge domain; computationally selecting a set number of third-parties above a set rank order; and, displaying computationally created categories that include a qualification level and ranked order by score level.