41 results about "Product assessment" patented technology

A method for applying for insurance for a product at a point of sale is described. The method comprises obtaining an appraisal for a product at a point of sale; a customer, in response to receiving the appraisal for the product at a point of sale, compensating the point of sale; completing an insurance application at the point of sale; submitting, from the point of sale, the appraisal and the insurance application to an insurance intermediary; and the insurance intermediary, in response to receiving the appraisal and the insurance application, selecting an insurance provider and submitting the appraisal and the insurance application to the insurance provider.

Techniques are disclosed for assessing information technology products by comparing a product (including a product still under development) to a set of criteria. Each of the criteria may have one or more attributes, and may be different in priority from one another. The comparison is preferably directed toward ensuring, and/or improving, the product's acceptance by its target marketplace or market segment. In preferred embodiments, a product assessment score is created as a result of the comparison. When necessary, a set of recommendations for product changes is also created. The criteria/attributes may be prioritized in view of their importance to the target marketplace or market segment, and the assessment results are preferably provided to product teams to influence the importance of product planning and/or development efforts. Optionally, the assessment process may be used to determine whether the assessed product qualifies for a special designation that signifies support for the assessment criteria/attributes.

A product evaluation system for permitting a consumer to obtain information about an item of interest. The system includes a core engine processor and an item pricing module. The core engine processor is capable of receiving a communication from the consumer's mobile phone. The core engine processor constructs a query for the item of interest. The item pricing module obtains at least price information for the item of interest by querying at least one Internet site. The obtained information may be conveyed to the consumer by voice, text message, and/or later access via the Internet. The item of interest may be identified by the consumer submitting bar code indicia or by answering a series of questions posed by the system. Further, the consumer may submit additional information in regard to the item of interest which will be stored by the core engine processor and is capable of later being retrieved by the consumer. In particular, the additional information as well as the information obtained by the product evaluation system may be conveyed to the user via a web page.

Methods and apparatuses for manufacturing photovoltaic products include an assessment of each product in a production line for suitability, and assigning a grade based either on assessment of the product at that step, comparison to statistical analysis of assessment results of previous products at that step or comparison of previous assessment results of past steps compared to statistical analysis of cumulative assessment results of past products at those steps. Products can be associated into groups for processing as a group based on the grades and downstream equipment can be adjusted based on the grade of the group to bring the group within determined tolerances.

An educational product evaluation apparatus and method stores business goal rule data and analyzes an educational product based on the stored business goal rule data to determine how an educational product of interest, or a group of educational products of interest, conforms to the business goal rule data and hence strategic objectives of a business organization or other suitable entity. In one embodiment, analysis of the educational product includes generating one or more educational product alignment values for the educational product wherein the educational product alignment value is based on the educational product evaluation category values received, for example, from a learning management system or other source, and based on the stored business goal rule data. An educational product summary, such as a displayed form or printed form or other suitable representation, visually shows an overall business alignment value for each educational product under consideration.

A method of valuing products based on demand probabilities. Products are designed by identifying product components, and combining the components in various combinations to provide standard and non-standard products. Components are valued using an algorithm that considers demand probability as well as known prices of standard products. The component values are added to determine product values and may be used to make pricing and order fulfillment decisions.

A system for improving and streamlining the evaluation and purchase of products from salespeople by buyers. In particular, methods for successfully managing interactions between buyers and sellers in high volume retail environments by implementing a standardized product offer proposal method and subsequent controls on the buying decision-making process. It utilizes existing tools and new software to improve buyer's efficiency by consolidating the software systems tools into a single standardized user interface and improves seller's efficiency by providing product offering proposal preparation and presentation tools as well as buyer appointment scheduling tools and generates revenue by buyers as an integral part of the buying process.

Techniques are disclosed for identifying platform enablement priorities for information technology products using product assessments. The assessments are performed using a set of criteria. Each of the criteria may have one or more attributes, and may be different in priority from one another. The criteria are preferably directed toward evaluating, ensuring, and/or improving acceptance of the products by their target marketplace or market segment. Results of the assessments are used to identify platform-specific deficiencies.

The invention discloses a staff metabolism simulation system for ground comprehensive tests of a manned spacecraft. The staff metabolism simulation system mainly comprises an oxygen concentration simulation unit, a carbon dioxide simulation unit, a nitrogen simulation unit and a humidity simulation unit. The staff metabolism simulation system is connected with a sealed cabin through pipelines, and air circulates between the staff metabolism simulation system and the sealed cabin of the manned spacecraft. According to an input simulation staff number and each staff metabolism mode, a control system calculates control targets of the heat production quantity, the humidity production quantity, the oxygen consumption quantity and the carbon dioxide increase quantity in combination with a metabolism based empirical formula, and controls a fan, a valve, a compressor, a molecular sieve, a flow controller, a pump and a heater so as to achieve the control targets through data such as temperatures, pressure, flow and oxygen concentration in an acquisition system according to preset control logic. Compared with staff metabolism simulation systems in prior art, the staff metabolism simulation system has the advantages that no staffs are required for participating in the tests, and capacities of a thermal control system and an environment control system are simultaneously assessed; and compared with tests with the staff, test systems constructed by the staff metabolism simulation system are safer, higher in flexibility, longer in continuous running time and fuller in product assessment, and do not occupy cabin volume.

The invention provides a product evaluation task result evaluation method and a crowdsourcing and crow-testing platform. The method includes: after collecting personal evaluation uploaded by crowdsourcing people, executing an iterative algorithm; finally outputting an accurate evaluation result of a to-be-evaluated product. Evaluation accuracy of the crowdsourcing people is evaluated through iterative learning, so that evaluation accuracy in product evaluation tasks in a crowdsourcing and crowd-testing platform is improved, and overall credibility and application value of the crowdsourcing and crow-testing platform are improved.

In a monitoring system, when there is an evaluation that a product is defective, in a solder print inspecting device that is subject to monitoring, that information is sent to a mobile terminal possessed by an operator. The operator who views the notification performs, through the mobile terminal, a checking task for evaluating whether or not the evaluation result regarding the printed substrate that has been evaluated as a defective product is correct. Depending on the evaluation result, an operating instruction is sent to the solder print inspecting device, which has temporarily stopped the printed substrate. If correction information instructing that the defective-product evaluation be corrected to a non-defective-product evaluation is sent from a mobile terminal to the solder print inspecting device, the solder print inspecting device corrects the defective-product evaluation to a non-defective-product evaluation, and releases the temporary stop of the printed substrate.

The invention provides a simulator for partial discharge modes. The simulator comprises a partial discharge mode generator and a power amplification circuit; the partial discharge mode generator is connected with the input end of the power amplification circuit, and is used for storing various partial discharge modes recorded in advance, and when a selection instruction sent out to any partial discharge mode by a user is acquired, a partial discharge signal in a selected partial discharge mode is converted into a simulation signal for output; the output end of the power amplification circuit is connected with a distribution cable, and is used for acquiring the simulation signal, and after being amplified, the simulation signal is output as an electromagnetic wave, and is propagated along the distribution cable. By implementing the simulator provided by the invention, the partial discharge mode of any position in the distribution cable can be simulated for partial discharge monitoring equipment to be measured and analyzed; the simulator has the characteristics of being safe, portable and easy in operation; difficulties existing in the aspects of influence factor evaluation, product assessment, field application, personnel relevant skill training and the like in application practice are solved.

An approach that provides interactive product evaluation and service within a virtual universe is described. In one embodiment, there is an evaluation indicating component that is configured to permit an owner of a virtual universe product to indicate a desire to have at least one avatar in the virtual universe evaluate the virtual universe product. An evaluation generating component is configured to generate an invitation that requests an evaluation of the virtual universe product. An evaluation collecting component is configured to collect the evaluation of the virtual universe product.

An assessment method of electronic complete machine acceleration service life includes four steps: step1, determining prior failure rate of products according to various standards, actual experiment information and expert information; step2, determining parameter value in an order Dirichlet model according to obtained prior failure rate; step3, conducting acceleration service life experiments on the products and determining likelihood function capable of well indicating experiment information according to experiment modes and results; step4, calculating posterior distribution from the prior information and the likelihood function to obtain posterior reliability and failure rate and accordingly obtain service life characteristics of an electronic complete machine. The assessment method is scientific in conception, resolves the actual problems of lack of acceleration model and less complete machine samples, is a system grade acceleration assessment method and provides reliable evidence for improvement of product assessment period and accuracy.

An online interactive guided shopping and product evaluation system is disclosed. Translation services can be provided as needed. The business owners participate in a network and have in-store cameras to allow the customers to evaluate the merchandise and to secure additional information. Video conferencing is also available as needed. The camera can be operated by any of the parties in order to better view the store or business or products at issue. Translation services can be provided as needed.

Disclosed herein are methods of evaluating products and of selling information collected by the evaluation system; namely of advertising to evaluators performing product evaluations, of selling access to evaluators during the product evaluation process, of selling aggregate, trend and statistical information derived from evaluations on the system; of selling completed product evaluations and of paying evaluators a portion of the earnings from these sales. Also disclosed herein is a system for evaluating products and of selling information collected by the evaluation system; namely of advertising to evaluators performing product evaluations, of selling access to evaluators during the product evaluation process, of selling aggregate, trend and statistical information derived from evaluations on the system; of selling completed product evaluations and of paying evaluators a portion of the earnings from these sales.

The invention discloses a novel electronic commerce platform which comprises an enterprise management terminal, a merchant selling terminal and a client ordering browsing terminal, wherein the enterprise management terminal is composed of a client merchant level management module, a client merchant rebate customization module, a merchant product evaluation module, a merchant management module, aninternal information network switch, a client information database, a merchant article information database and an external information network switch. According to the invention, the counterfeit andshoddy products are effectively prevented from occurring on an electronic commerce platform, the rights and interests of consumers are protected, the occurrence of a price war side is avoided, the online and offline commodity qualities, prices and service systems are completely consistent, people can order articles online and get the articles offline; the customers can become a company shareholderby consuming, have more opportunities to participate in company operation profit sharing to the maximum extent, connect investors and operators to find projects for the investors and to fine funds for the operators; and the enterprise output business model ensures the tripartite benefit for investors, operators and enterprises.