Patent ID: 7720634
Filing Date: 2010-05-18
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: responsive to a consultant modifying a default template to form a plurality of modified templates in order to calculate an amount of money a customer will spend for a process upgrade, comparing, by a processor of a computer, the default template to the modified template: assigning, by the processor, an effectiveness factor to the modified template, wherein the effectiveness factor is based on a number of modifications that the consultant made to the default template, an accuracy of each of a plurality of applications in the template, an accuracy of each of a plurality of computers in the template, an accuracy of an information technology infrastructure of the customer, and whether the customer made a purchase; developing, by the processor, a data list from the modified template and the effectiveness factor; plotting, by the processor, the data list on a histogram; analyzing, by the processor, the histogram; responsive to analyzing the histogram, creating, by the processor, a new template that calculates the amount the customer will spend for the process upgrade.