Patent ID: 7376576

Claim:
A method for assisting a user in a process of decision-making or analysis involving a topic, with the aid of a computer and a display screen in association with the computer, comprising: (a) establishing an algorithm and entering the algorithm into a computer application and using the application for; (b) displaying a screen set having information concerning the topic; (c) displaying a screen set soliciting a set of input data, and inputting said set of input data; (d) determining and displaying a current recommendation generated by iteratively processing the input data through at least a portion of the algorithm; (e) providing the option to accept the current recommendation as a final recommendation and ending the processing; (f) displaying a screen set soliciting additional input data and for modifying previous input data as desired when the current recommendation is not accepted as a final recommendation, the contents of said screen set dependent on and being determined by step (d), and inputting said additional input data and/or modified previous input data; (g) repeating steps (d) (e), and (f) as desired; and (h) displaying a screen set showing the current recommendation or analysis.