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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2009

Filed:

Oct. 07, 2002
Applicants:

Timothy A. Musgrove, Morgan Hill, CA (US);

Robin Hiroko Walsh, San Francisco, CA (US);

Russell Gilchrist, Ponce Inlet, FL (US);

Inventors:

Timothy A. Musgrove, Morgan Hill, CA (US);

Robin Hiroko Walsh, San Francisco, CA (US);

Russell Gilchrist, Ponce Inlet, FL (US);

Assignee:

CBS Interactive, Inc., County of New Castle, DE (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system and method for rating of each of plural products comprising identifying a plurality of attributes associated with a category of product, applying a scalar structure for each attribute to provide a scalar value for each attribute of each of the plural products, determining an incremental competitive index for each attribute of each product based on the scalar value of each attribute and a number of products having the scalar value, and rating each product based on the determined competitive index.


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