Patents Assigned to Proto Corporation
  • Patent number: 7366679
    Abstract: A residual value of goods based on data is forecast based on a secondhand price database storing transaction data including the residual value of objects and age of the objects. A standardized forecast residual value is calculated for a prescribed future time based on the standardized residual value. The standardized residual value is calculated by modifying a residual value of the object included in the transaction data stored in the secondhand price database based on attribute values of a prescribed attribute of the object included in the transaction data. A non-standardized forecast residual value is determined by making adjustments corresponding to the attribute values of the object of which the residual value will be forecast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignees: Proto Corporation, The Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Yuyama, Takanori Sakai, Kenji Ino, Shumpei Okada