Engine, system and method of providing third party business valuation and associated services

Abstract

A computer-implemented engine, system and method for generating business valuations, scoring and/or flagging over a network, responsively to information input by a user remote from the engine, system and method. The invention may include a graphical user interface capable of locally querying a user to input the company information, at least one network port capable of remotely receiving the company information from the graphical user interface, and at least one engine communicatively connected to the at least one network port, which engine preferably includes a plurality of rules to generate, responsively to the input company information, at least one of a business valuation, a business score, and/or one or more business flags to be used as indicators in a network marketplace, for the company associated with the inputted company information.

1 . A computer-implemented system for generating a business valuation, comprising:
 a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having encoded thereon computer executable instructions for providing a graphical user interface capable of querying a valuation requester for input company information comprising at least general company information, company financial information, and company presence information, of a company;   a query engine capable of querying third party locations on a network for company-related information related to the company indicated by the input company information;   a network port capable of receiving via the network the company information from said graphical user interface, and the company-related information related to the company from the third-party locations;   at least one rules engine communicatively connected to said at least one network port, and comprising a plurality of rules to generate a tiered business valuation of the company responsively to the input company information and the company-related information; and   a reporting engine capable of providing delivery to the valuation requester of the tiered valuation.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the local delivery comprises a thin client delivery. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the local delivery comprises a widget delivery. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the local delivery comprises an app delivery. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the local delivery comprises a secure delivery. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the graphical user interface is remote from the valuation requester. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the user interface may query the valuation requester for at least one information flag. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the input company information is at least one selected from the group consisting of a third party payment score, a credit score, a tax return, liabilities, debt incurred and cash accrued. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the graphical user interface is accessible from at least two remote locations. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the graphical user interface is accessible by at least two valuation requesters. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the valuation requester is not associated with the company. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the company information is received through a valuation requester not associated with the company. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the company-related information includes information related to principles of the company. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the third-party locations include third party entities.