Construction brokerage system

• US 20010056355A1
• Filed: 05/17/2001
• Published: 12/27/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kiyomi Moriyama, Takashi Moriyama
• Original Assignee: Kiyomi Moriyama, Takashi Moriyama
• Inventors: Moriyama, Takashi, Moriyama, Kiyomi
• Granted Patent: US 7,610,234 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/1.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/03 Credit; Loans; Processing thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/188 Electronic negotiation

Abstract

Customer information including construction commission information from customers who make access through communication lines and/or the Internet is collected and disclosed onto the Internet. Agent information including proposals from agents who have browsed the disclosed customer information is also collected through communication lines and/or the Internet and disclosed to the customers. This makes the information collection between the customers and agents smoother, expands the range of business operations by the agents, and increases the range of selections by the customers for more satisfactory agent selections.

Claims

1. A construction brokerage system comprising:

customer information collecting means for collecting customer information including construction commission information from a customer who makes access through a communication line or the Internet;

customer information disclosing means for disclosing said customer information onto the Internet;

agent information collecting means for collecting agent information through a communication line or the Internet, said agent information including a proposal from an agent who has browsed said customer information disclosed; and

agent information disclosing means for disclosing said agent information collected to said customer through a communication line or the Internet.

2. The construction brokerage system according to

claim 1

, wherein:

said customer information collecting means and said agent information collecting means comprise a guiding unit for sending a guide message in response to the access from said customer and agent through a communication line or the Internet, a receiving unit for receiving communications or e-mails from said customer and agent, a data collecting unit for collecting said customer information and agent information from among responses and/or the contents of communications from said customer and agent, and a database for storing said collected information in a predetermined format; and

said customer information disclosing means and said agent information disclosing means comprise a data summarizing and analyzing unit for reading said customer information and agent information stored in said database at predetermined time intervals for summarization and analysis, an information disclosing unit for disclosing said summarized and analyzed customer and agent information through a communication line or the Internet, and an information transmitting unit for transmitting said summarized and analyzed customer and agent information through a communication line or the Internet.

3. The construction brokerage system according to

claim 2

, wherein

said customer information collecting means and said agent information collecting means include a data collating unit for collating data received from said customer and agent with existing data to check for past inquiries and/or applications, as well as professional qualifications.