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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2005
Steven Edward Atkin, Austin, TX (US);
Mark Edward Davis, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Michael Francis Moriarty, Byron, MN (US);
Dale Martin Schultz, Chelmsford, MA (US);
William James Sullivan, Bethel, CT (US);
Luis Zapata, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Steven Edward Atkin, Austin, TX (US);
Mark Edward Davis, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Michael Francis Moriarty, Byron, MN (US);
Dale Martin Schultz, Chelmsford, MA (US);
William James Sullivan, Bethel, CT (US);
Luis Zapata, Wake Forest, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An improved method, apparatus, and computer instructions for evaluating acquisition costs for a software product. A set of questions regarding the software product is presented. The set of questions are selected from a source. Costs for acquiring the software product are identified in response to receiving a user input to the set of questions. A report is generated using the costs, wherein the report is used to evaluate whether to acquire the software product in response to identifying the costs.