Patent ID: 8504309

Claim:
A method for evaluating an object, the method implemented at least in part by a data processing device system, and the method comprising the steps of: receiving input comprising indications of: a plurality of flaws present on or in the object, a flaw type for each of the flaws, and a severity for each of the flaws; determining weighting factors associated with the plurality of flaws, the weighting factors dependent at least on the seventies of the flaws; determining a quality-score indicating a condition of the object based at least on at least some of the weighting factors and the flaw types for at least some of the flaws; and storing the quality-score in a processor accessible memory device system, wherein the severity of at least some of the flaws indicates at least a severity type for each of the at least some of the flaws, the severity type being different from the flaw type and being different from a flaw location for each of the at least some of the flaws, wherein the method further comprises the step of determining a plurality of intermediate quality scores, wherein each of the steps is performed at least in part by a data processing device of the data processing device system, wherein one of the intermediate quality scores indicates a preliminary assessment of the condition of the object, wherein the quality score is determined based at least on at least some of the weighting factors, the flaw types for at least some of the flaws, and the intermediate quality scores, wherein a first of the intermediate quality scores is determined based at least on an assessment of damage to the object due to flaws having a particular flaw type, the particular flaw type being one of the flaw types that presents the most damage to the object as compared to the others of the flaw types, wherein a second of the intermediate quality scores is determined based at least on the first of the intermediate quality scores and a flaw type not factored into the first of the intermediate quality scores and determined to present the next-most damage to the object after the particular flaw type, and wherein the object is a movie poster.