Patent ID: 6321205
Filing Date: 2001-11-20
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A data processing system for valuing contributions by one or more tangible or intangible elements of value to a value of a business enterprise, comprising:(a) processing means for processing data;(b) storage means for storing data;(c) first means for obtaining data related to the value of the business enterprise, the business enterprise having one or more tangible or intangible elements of value contributing to the value of the business enterprise;(d) second means for calculating, for each one of the tangible or intangible elements of value, value drivers that drive the value of the business enterprise, the value drivers to define a composite variable characterizing a performance of the tangible or intangible element of value of the business enterprise wherein transaction data, transaction ratios and transaction trends are combined to calculate the composite variable;(e) third means for calculating the value of the business enterprise;(f) fourth means for determining, for each one of the tangible or intangible elements of value, a percentage of the value of the business enterprise contributed by the tangible or intangible element of value;(g) fifth means for calculating a value for each one of the tangible or intangible elements of value of the business enterprise based on the value of the business enterprise and the percentage of the value of the business enterprise contributed by the tangible or intangible element of value; and(i) sixth means for user modification of, for each one of the tangible or intangible elements of value, selected one or ones of the value drivers that drive the value of the business enterprise.