Patent ID: 6934696

Claim:
A custom rule system for creating custom rules, said custom rule system comprising in combination: a processor, a memory and a display both operatively coupled to said processor; a plurality of operand and operation rule steps stored within said memory; means for displaying to a user graphical icons of said plurality of operand and operation rule steps stored within said memory as a pallet on a first area of said display such that said pallet is comprised of a plurality of individual graphical operand and operation icons each corresponding to at least one of said operand and operation rule steps; means for a user to sequentially select a plurality of icons from said pallet and arrange said plurality of sequentially selected icons as an ordered series of icons on a second area on said display; and means for a user to interconnect said plurality of sequentially selected icons sequentially arranged as said ordered series of icons on said second area of said display for creating a custom rule comprised of said user selected and interconnected ordered series of icons created by the user, and means for storing, in a database, said user created custom rule as an ordered series of operand and operation rule steps corresponding to said user selected and interconnected ordered series of icons created by the user such that said operand and operation rule steps are processed in the same order in which they are stored in said database resulting in the processing of said user created custom rule in accordance with the same order as said user selected and interconnected ordered series of icons created by the user.