Patent ID: 7774709

Claim:
A system for providing a user interface to a user, the system comprising: a computer system comprising at least one processor and an operatively associated computer readable medium, wherein the computer readable medium comprises instructions that when executed by the at least one processor causes the host computer system to: receive data describing a plurality of potential related companies; for each of the potential related companies, determine a correlation factor of a related company metric of the potential related company relative to a focal company metric of a focal company; select from the plurality of potential related companies at least one related company having a correlation factor relative to the focal company within a first range; and display a user interface, the user interface comprising: a focal company field listing an identifier for a focal company; a focal company metric input field for allowing a user to select a focal company metric; a correlation field listing identifiers for related companies; wherein certain of the identifiers listed in the correlation field include a hyperlink which, when activated by a user, causes the computer system to list the identifier corresponding to the activated hyperlink as a new focal company in the focal company field; select from the group of potential related companies at least one new related company having a related company metric with a correlation factor relative to the focal company metric of the new focal company within the first range; and display with the computer device the correlation field with identifiers for the at least one new related company.