Medium for creating standardized shared service offerings with template for custom unique prices

• US 10,417,672 B2
• Filed: 09/23/2016
• Issued: 09/17/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: John Andrew Garcia
• Original Assignee: John Andrew Garcia
• Inventors: Garcia, John Andrew
• Primary Examiner(s): Smith, Jeffrey A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Duraisamygurusamy, Lalith M
• Application Number:
  US15/274,931
• Publication Number:
  US 20180089726A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,089 Days
• Field of Search: 705 271
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0283 Price estimation or determination
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces

Abstract

A system and process provides online service providers with a platform to list services. The platform provides standardized templates for various business categories and service segments associated within each category. The electronic templates allow providers to conveniently enable/disable service offerings and input price, service tiers, and optional upgrades by toggling settings. The listing data is then received by the host and available to be listed through an online marketplace which may be presented to mobile application users. A search query by a consumer returns service listings that can be compared one to one by price a service offered.

Claims

1. A computer program product for generating customized pricing of in-common business service offerings through an online marketplace platform for direct comparison of the in-common business services by consumers, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code being configured, when executed by a processor, to:

establish within a host server of the platform, a database of business categories, business segments within each business category, services within each business segment, service tiers associated with each of the services, and service providers by geographic location;

generate, within the host server, a service provider electronic user interface template for display on a first mobile computing device, accessible to a plurality of service providers through a network connection to the platform;

generate for display in the service provider electronic user interface template, in response to a first request by one of the service providers, a plurality of tiered fields for receiving service information properties associated with business services provided by the service provider, the tiered fields including;

a first tier of the business categories retrieved from the database,

a second tier of the business segments, each business segment being a subcategory of a respective first tier business category,

a third tier of the business services, each business service being a subcategory of a respective second tier business segment and in-common to service providers in the same business segment,

a fourth tier of the service tiers, each service tier being a subcategory of a respective third tier business service, wherein each service tier includes a description of service details performed in-common to service providers in the same business segment and a pricing associated with the service tier;

generate a selectable toggle on/off feature, displayed on the service provider electronic user interface template, for each business service tiered field, enabling a plurality of the business services within a business segment for the one service provider in response to a second request by the one service provider, to be displayed in association with the one service provider;

generate a pricing field for each enabled business service where a service provider inputs his unique price with a selected business service tier;

store in the host server platform, the user input entry with respective enabled business services;

store in the database, the geographic location of the service provider for each tiered field with an enabled business service;

generate for display on a second mobile computing device, a customer electronic user interface, in response to a customer service request query by a consumer for a selected service to the host server through the platform;

trigger by the processor, a determination in response to the customer service request query, determining service providers that have a service area that includes the location of the consumer;

display on the customer electronic user interface, a list of service providers providing the selected service tier associated with the business service that have a service area that includes the location of the consumer;

retrieve from the database, the business services enabled by respective service providers in the displayed list; and

display on the customer electronic user interface, for each service provider in the displayed list of service providers, each of the enabled business services along with the service tiers available within each enabled business service.

2. The computer program product of claim 1, further comprising computer readable program code being configured to include in the service provider electronic user interface template a field to provide an appointment window for scheduling the service.

3. The computer program product of claim 1, further comprising computer readable program code being configured to include in the service provider electronic user interface template a field to enable upgrade options associated with the service.

4. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the pricing field is configured to receive a bid type price based on either a fixed rate or a per unit rate.

5. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the service provider electronic user interface template includes an invoice type field for offering a form of invoicing to customers.