Patent Document ID: 20100131313
Application ID: 12276480
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a computing system from a first entity, business requirements data and weighting factors, wherein said business requirements data comprises business requirements associated a software/hardware solution for performing specified functions associated with said first entity, wherein said weighting factors are associated with said business requirements data, and wherein each weighting factor of said weighting factors is associated with a different business requirement of said business requirements; receiving, by said computing system from a second entity, a first list of software/hardware products associated with said specified functions, wherein said first entity differs from said second entity; receiving, by said computing system from a third entity, assessment data associated with said software/hardware products of said first list, wherein said assessment data comprises an assessment rating for each software/hardware product of said first list, and wherein said third entity differs from said second entity and said first entity; associating, by said computing system, said business requirements and said weighting factors with product features of said software/hardware products of said first list; calculating, by said computing system, total requirement weighting factors for said product features, wherein each total requirement weighting factor of said total requirement weighting factors is associated with a different feature of said features; and storing, by said computing system, said total requirement weighting factors.