Patent ID: 6591256
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
A computer-based method executed in a server that is coupled to a user terminal via a network, for solving business problems comprising the steps of:through said network, presenting to said terminal signals that said terminal converts to a display having a plurality of entries, at least some of which identify problem categories, said categories taken from a set that includes optimization, queuing theory, inventory and forecasting categories, and at least others of which identify particular types of business problems associated with said categories, which business problems that require multi-step mathematical processing in order to advance to solutions; accepting digital signals from said terminal, through said network, which signals represent a selection by the user of a business problem identified in said display; launching execution of a software module within said server that corresponds to the accepted selection; interactively inviting said user to provide to said software module digital signals representative of parameter information that is needed to formulate a specific instance of the selected problem, so that said module can advance said specific problem to a solution, and accepting digital signals responsive to said step of inviting; developing a solution to said business problem, responsive to said information that specifies, that provides solution information to said user that, when applied to said business problem, effects a solution to said business problem; said software module developing a solution to said specific business problem, responsive to said parameter information; and transmitting information relative to said solution via said network to said terminal.