Patent ID: 8700488
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating a process for a buyer to make an acquisition using an interactive tool, the method comprising: receiving, by the interactive tool, requirements for the acquisition from the buyer; representing each of the requirements as a stored data element in a data structure associated with the interactive tool; presenting, by the interactive tool, a request for proposal based on the stored data elements to potential vendors for the acquisition; representing, by the interactive tool, a proposed solution to the request for proposal by at least one of the potential vendors, wherein the proposed solution links the requirements for the acquisition with one or more solutions; providing, by the interactive tool, a notice to the at least one potential vendor when the proposed solution does not include a solution for every requirement for the acquisition; representing each of the one or more solutions and the notice as a stored data element in the data structure associated with the interactive tool; and providing, by the interactive tool, analysis to the buyer using the linked data elements representing the requirements for the acquisition and the proposed solution to facilitate the buyer selecting a chosen vendor for the acquisition.