Patent ID: 7254522
Filing Date: 2007-08-07
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. An apparatus configured for assisting a user in determining a level of acceptability of an event occurring, the apparatus comprising: an input for receiving a likelihood value which represents a likelihood that the event will occur, and a confidence value which represents a level of confidence that the user has in the likelihood value; a storage for storing a plurality of records, a range of likelihood values, and a range of confidence values; an indicator assignor to assign a representative indicator to each of the plurality of records, each repective indicator representing a level of acceptability of the event occurring; an identifer configured for identiflying one of the records in the store, the one of the records being identified by processing the likelihood value and the confidence value received by the input means, and each of the records stored in the store; and an output configured for outputing the assigned indicator of the one of the record identified by the identifying.