Patent ID: 7640196
Filing Date: 2009-12-29
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for providing a list of competitive locations and capital investment transactions for a business operation or business facility, said method comprising: (a) Selecting a geographic scope for the search for a potential location in which to make a capital investment in a business operation or facility; (b) Using a computer, which can access software that can perform a screening operation in which a database containing a listing of locations within said selected geographic scope and associated demographic data, economic data, or both demographic and economic data are searched based on selected search criteria, to input a data set containing one or more search criteria of demographic data, economic data, or both demographic and economic data for screening potential locations; (c) Using said software, via said computer, to screen said database containing a listing of possible locations within said selected geographic scope with said data set containing one or more search criteria regarding demographic data, economic data, or both demographic and economic data associated with each location to determine which locations satisfy the search criteria; (d) Displaying, via said computer, a list of candidate locations that satisfy the search criteria; (f) Using said software, via said computer, to save the list of candidate locations, edited or unedited, along with their associated demographic data, economic data, or both demographic and economic data, in a Candidate Folder; (g) Using said software, via said computer, to create a Ranking of Candidates for two or more of the candidate locations contained within the Candidate Folder dependent on how well each location satisfies each of the individual search criterion; (h) Displaying, via said computer, the candidate locations in ranked order; (l) Using said computer to input at least one set of project specifications, to input at least one set of business scenario data, or to input at least one set of project specifications and at least one set of business scenario data; (m) Selecting one or more candidate locations within said candidate folder and one or more of said business scenarios for use in financial calculations; (n) Using said software, via said computer, to perform one or more financial calculations on the selected business scenario(s) wherein said financial calculations are selected from: Direct Community Benefit Report; Indirect Community Benefit Report; Incentive Package Report; Best of all Worlds analysis; Detailed Financial Calculations; and Financial Summary calculations, and (o) Displaying, via said computer, Detailed Financial Calculations, which combine a selected business scenario with a selected candidate location's economic factors, and which includes displaying: