Patent ID: 8521578
Filing Date: 2013-08-27
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of determining whether to develop products for potential customers, comprising: identifying a plurality of potential products; identifying a plurality of potential customers; assessing an affordability probability of the potential products; assessing a requirability probability of the potential customers; assessing a schedulability probability of the potential customers; assessing a reuse probability of the potential products, wherein the reuse probability is based on: assessing salability attributes of the potential products from perspectives of the potential customers to generate attribute assessments; using an input device to enable a user to input said pluralities of potential products and potential customers, as well as the attribute assessments, to a processor; using said processor to determine, for each of the potential products, based on the attribute assessments, all possible implementation combinations in which at least n of the potential customers implement the product, where n is a positive whole number; using the processor to determine the probability of each said implementation combination, for each said product; and using said processor to consider the affordability probability of the potential products, the requirability probability of the potential customers, and the schedulability probability of the potential customers, and the reuse probability of potential customers to assist in determining, based upon the probability determinations, which of the potential products to develop.