Patent ID: 7778910
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of measuring the performance of a company by analyzing corporate operating investments, the method comprising: receiving financial data, into a memory coupled to a data processor, the financial data including a plurality of operating investments of the company and a Future Value (FV) of the company; determining, with the data processor that executes instructions in the memory, a plurality of data points from the financial data, wherein each of the plurality of data points includes a ratio between the Future Value (FV) of the company and one of the plurality of operating investments; determining, with the instructions, a first benchmark and a second benchmark, wherein the first benchmark is a threshold ratio between the FV of the company and the operating investment, wherein the second benchmark is a threshold operating investment, the first benchmark and the second benchmark defining an intersection on a graph; and displaying, in a graphical display coupled to the data processor, the data points, the first benchmark, and the second benchmark on said graph, where the graph is divided into four quadrants: the upper left quadrant indicating small operating investments that are earning a high FV return on investment (ROI), the bottom left quadrant indicating small operating investments having a low FV ROI, the bottom right quadrant indicating large operating investments that provide a low FV ROI, and the upper right quadrant indicating large operating investments that provide a high FV ROI; determining an effectiveness of the operating investments based on the location of the plurality of data points with respect to the quadrants.