Patent ID: 8082172

Claim:
A method for peer-profiling performance of an entity, comprising: at a server computer: in response to a request from a client computer communicatively coupled to the server computer, generating a performance profile of said entity, wherein said entity is representative of one or more individuals, wherein said performance profile comprises a plurality of measures, wherein each applicable measure of said plurality comprises an entity average determined based on a group of cases that meet a set of criteria specific to said applicable measure, wherein said entity is responsible for said group of cases, and wherein if a case for which said entity is responsible does not meet said set of criteria specific to said applicable measure, it is not included in said group of cases; constructing a virtual peer having an equivalent performance profile with respect to said applicable measure, wherein said constructing step further comprises selecting, from a plurality of peer cases, a composite of cases that also meet said set of criteria specific to said applicable measure, wherein if a peer case does not meet said set of criteria specific to said applicable measure, it is not included in said composite of cases, wherein said group of cases is a subset of a plurality of cases for which said entity is responsible, wherein said composite of cases is a subset of said plurality of peer cases for which two or more peers of said entity are responsible, and wherein both subsets meet said set of criteria specific to said applicable measure, effectuating a meaningful comparison between said entity and said peers of said entity, wherein said equivalent performance profile for said virtual peer comprises a peer average determined based on said composite of cases, and wherein said peer average is specific with respect to said applicable measure; comparing said performance profile of said entity with said equivalent performance profile of said virtual peer, including: determining a distribution ratio of said group of cases for which said entity is responsible with regard to said plurality of measures; and configuring said composite of cases over said distribution ratio; and returning results to said client computer.