Method and system for selecting optimal commodities based upon business profile and preferences

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Accordingly, the present invention is directed to a system and method that substantially obviate one or more of the problems due to limitations and disadvantages of the related art.
An object of the present invention is to provide a system and method for assisting the customer in finding the optimal set of products and/or services based on the customer's business profile.
Customers are asked a series of questions that provide a general profile of their business, and the system and method of the present invention use this information to recommend the necessary commodity types the customer should consider for purchase and to generate the optimal set of commodity options that best meets the needs of the customers.
As a result, customers save time and money and find the best products/services that meet their needs.
Additional features and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the description, which follows, and will be apparent from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.
The objects and other advantages of the invention will be realized and attained by the structure particularly pointed out in the written description and claims hereof as well as the appended drawings.
To achieve these and other advantages in accordance with the purpose of the invention, as embodied and broadly described herein, the present invention provides a method for assisting a customer in choosing among commodities comprising the steps of asking the customer for a definition of its business; searching a decision rules database and applying decision rules to the business definition; creating a set of business requirement questions based upon the applied decision rules database; asking the customer the set of business requirement questions; answering the set of business requirement questions by the customer; implementing a business rule filter to the answers of the set of business requirement questions; and recommending to the customer commodity types based upon the business rule implementation