Patent ID: 7908194

Claim:
A computer system for analyzing a private enterprise, comprising: (a) at least one of (i) an archival database module configured to obtain information from external sources, and (ii) an enterprise characterization module configured to obtain information concerning an enterprise characterization from an enterprise agent resident on an enterprise-user terminal, wherein said at least one of an archival database module and an enterprise characterization module are resident on a server system comprising at least one server connected to said enterprise-user terminal through a computer network; (b) an enterprise analyzer module resident on said server system configured to receive at least one of information from said archival database module and information from said enterprise characterization module, and further configured to generate a multi-factor private enterprise scoring value associated with the private enterprise, wherein at least one of said enterprise-user terminal and an investor-user terminal are configured to receive said multi-factor private enterprise scoring value from said server system through said network and display said multi-factor private enterprise scoring value.