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An electronic storage and computing system wherein raw point of sale data is transformed into a predefined standardized configuration from which object values representing select business activities are derived and compared to predefined reference values for the selected activities. The system inclu

An electronic storage and computing system wherein raw point of sale data is transformed into a predefined standardized configuration from which object values representing select business activities are derived and compared to predefined reference values for the selected activities. The system includes an electronic storage device for storing raw point of sale data, a data interpreter for transforming the raw data into a predefined standardized configuration, and a processor for deriving object values from the transformed data according to a set of mathematical/relational functions, the object values being representative of selected business activities, and comparing the object values to predefined reference values for the selected business activities. The data interpreter operates according to a set of control programs to selectively transfer point of sale data from a set of raw databases into a set of standard databases having a predefined standardized configuration. The mathematical/relational functions are stored in a business rule execution database wherein each function defines an object value for each business activity. A business rule execution engine, which is operatively linked to the processor and the business rule execution database, allows the processor to compute the object values for each business activity according to the corresponding mathematical/relational function, compare the object values and the corresponding reference values, and identify a pass condition representative of an acceptable comparison, a fail condition representative of an unacceptable comparison, or a warn condition representative of a questionable comparison. The identified condition is outputted from the processor and displayed to the user.

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[ We claim:] [1.] A computer program product that can be used to direct a computer to monitor and process raw data collected by electronic point of sale terminals, the raw data being stored in a set of raw databases having a known configuration, the computer program product comprising:a. a computer

[ We claim:] [1.] A computer program product that can be used to direct a computer to monitor and process raw data collected by electronic point of sale terminals, the raw data being stored in a set of raw databases having a known configuration, the computer program product comprising:a. a computer usable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therein for monitoring and processing data collected by a plurality of point of sale terminals;b. interpreter program code for causing the computer to transform raw databases into standard databases having a predefined standardized configuration; andc. business rules program code for causing the computer to derive an object value from standard databases for each of one or more selected business activities and to compare the object values to corresponding predefined reference values for each selected business activity.