Patent ID: 7742929

Claim:
A computer implemented system, comprising: at least one data storage device that maintains revenue data for a plurality of products; a processor programmed to calculate a first revenue-based age metric based on first revenue data from a first product over a period, a first age factor for the first product, and revenue data for a group of products over the period, the processor further programmed to calculate a second revenue-based age metric based on second revenue data from a second product over the period, a second age factor for the second product, and the revenue data for the group of products over the period; wherein the first revenue-based age metric and the second revenue-based age metric are each calculated based on the following equation: Revenue ⁢ ⁢ Based ⁢ ⁢ Age ⁢ ⁢ Metric = ProductRevenue * AgeFactor ∑ 1 n = NumberOfProducts ⁢ ProductRevenue n , wherein n is the number of products in the group of products, the sum of ProductRevenue n from 1 to n is the revenue data for the group of products over the period, ProductRevenue is the first revenue data for the first revenue-based age metric and the second revenue data for the second revenue-based age metric, and AgeFactor is the first age factor for the first revenue-based age metric and the second age factor for the second revenue-based age metric; and a reporting component configured to aggregate the revenue data of the group of products and a plurality of the first and the second revenue-based age metrics and display on a computer screen one or more trends in the aggregated the revenue data of the group of products and the aggregated plurality of the first and the second revenue-based age metrics.