Patent Document ID: 8380560
Application ID: 11353932
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method of obtaining an evaluation of an organization, the method comprising: providing a first screen for receiving input of a respondent assessing a first attribute of an organization, the first screen comprising a first set of children attributes of the first attribute, wherein for each child attribute of the first attribute in the first set of children attributes, a first input field and a second input field are provided, wherein the first input field is configured to receive first data representing a degree of satisfaction with the child attribute of the first attribute and the second input field is configured to receive second data representing a raw value of importance of the child attribute of the first attribute; calculating a first satisfaction score for the first attribute using the first data and the second data of the first set of children attributes, wherein calculating the first satisfaction score for the first attribute using the first data and the second data of the first set of children attributes comprises: converting each second data to a relative value by dividing each second data by the sum of each of the second data; calculating an individual weighted satisfaction score for each first data of the first set of attributes by multiplying a numeric equivalent of the first data with the relative value of the second data of the child attribute to which the first data and the second data corresponds; and adding the individual weighted satisfaction scores together to obtain the first satisfaction score for the first attribute; providing a second screen for assessing a second attribute of which the first attribute is a hierarchical child, wherein the second screen comprises a second set of children attributes of the second attribute including the first attribute, wherein for each child attribute of the second attribute in the second set of attributes, a third input field is provided, wherein the third input field is configured to receive third data representing a raw value of importance of the child attribute of the second attribute, wherein the second screen displays a degree of satisfaction for each of the children attributes of the second attribute including the first attribute, wherein the degree of satisfaction displayed for the first attribute is the first satisfaction score calculated for the first attribute and the third input field provided for the first attribute is displayed related to other attributes in the second set of attributes and is distinct from the raw value of importance received via the second input field of the first screen; and calculating a second satisfaction score for the second attribute using the degree of satisfaction for each of the children attributes of the second attribute including the first satisfaction score for the first attribute and the third data of the second set of children attributes, wherein calculating the second satisfaction score for the second attribute using the degree of satisfaction for each of the children attributes of the second attribute including the first satisfaction score for the first attribute and the third data of the second set of children attributes comprises: converting each third data to a relative value by dividing each third data by the sum of each of the third data; calculating an individual weighted satisfaction score for each of the children attributes of the second attribute including calculating a weighted satisfaction score for the first attribute by multiplying the first satisfaction score with the relative value of the third data corresponding to the first attribute; and adding the individual weighted satisfaction scores together to obtain the second satisfaction score for the second attribute wherein the first screen is presented before the second screen such that a hierarchy of the parent attributes and the children attributes are presented for evaluation by the respondent from bottom to top.