Patent Document ID: 8095412
Application ID: 12264144
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for evaluating expansion of a business where the business is located in a first geographic area, comprising: receiving information about the business; querying, using a computer processor, a business information source and a demographic information source using the information; receiving, using the computer processor, data from the business information source and the demographic information source in response to the querying; processing, using the computer processor, the data using business expansion factors to generate processed data, wherein the processed data comprises a plurality of potential geographic areas for expanding the business, wherein the plurality of potential geographic areas are evaluated on the business expansion factors to determine a similarity to the first geographic area to obtain a rank order; generating, using the processed data, a map displaying the plurality of potential geographic areas using a scale comprising virtual miles which are proportionate to the rank order of the plurality of potential geographic areas so that a potential area of the plurality of potential geographic areas having a highest rank in the rank order has a smallest quantity of virtual miles to the first geographic area compared to a quantity of virtual miles to the first geographic area of any other potential geographic area of the plurality of potential geographic areas; and presenting the map on a visual display.