Systems and methods for remote role-based collaborative work environment
First Claim
1. For use in connection with a network capable of providing communications between a plurality of customers generating service requests and a plurality of vendors capable of fulfilling said service requests, a system for monitoring and controlling work flows-associated with said service requests between said plurality of customers and said plurality of vendors comprising:
- a main controller capable of creating a first work flow record used to control a first work flow associated with a first service request and storing said first work flow record in a storage device associated with said main controller, wherein said main controller is further capable of receiving from a first customer and a first vendor associated with said first work flow at least one of messages, data files, software applications, and documents, storing said at least one of messages, data files, software applications, and documents in said storage device, and transferring at least one of said at least one of messages, data files, software applications, and documents to at least one of said first customer and said first vendor; and
an accounting controller associated with said main controller capable of identifying at least one fee associated with said first work flow and storing fee data associated with said at least one fee in said first work flow record.
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Abstract
There is disclosed, for use in connection with a network that provides communications between customers generating service requests and vendors capable of electronically fulfilling the service requests, a system for monitoring, controlling, and administering role-based work flows associated with the service requests. Work flows may be controlled and performed through role-based collaboration, allowing anonymity of vendors and customers and providing a template by which a generic work flow can be reapplied. The system comprises: a main controller for creating a first work flow record used to control a first work flow associated with a first service request and for storing the first work flow record in a storage device associated with the main controller. The main controller also receives messages, data files, software applications, and documents from a first customer and a first vendor associated with the first work flow, stores the messages, data files, software applications, and documents in the storage device, and transfers the messages, data files, software applications, and documents to the first customer and the first vendor. The system also comprises an accounting controller associated with the main controller that identifies fees associated with the first work flow and stores fee data associated with the fees in the first work flow record.
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55 Claims
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1. For use in connection with a network capable of providing communications between a plurality of customers generating service requests and a plurality of vendors capable of fulfilling said service requests, a system for monitoring and controlling work flows-associated with said service requests between said plurality of customers and said plurality of vendors comprising:
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a main controller capable of creating a first work flow record used to control a first work flow associated with a first service request and storing said first work flow record in a storage device associated with said main controller, wherein said main controller is further capable of receiving from a first customer and a first vendor associated with said first work flow at least one of messages, data files, software applications, and documents, storing said at least one of messages, data files, software applications, and documents in said storage device, and transferring at least one of said at least one of messages, data files, software applications, and documents to at least one of said first customer and said first vendor; and
an accounting controller associated with said main controller capable of identifying at least one fee associated with said first work flow and storing fee data associated with said at least one fee in said first work flow record. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A network comprising;
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a plurality of customer data processing devices-capable generating service requests created by a plurality of customers;
a plurality of vendor data processing devices associated with a plurality of vendors capable of fulfilling said service requests; and
a system for monitoring and controlling work flows associated with said service requests between said plurality of customers and said plurality of vendors comprising;
a main controller capable of creating a first work flow record used to control a first work flow associated with a first service request and storing said first work flow record in a storage device associated with said main controller, wherein said main controller is further capable of receiving from a first customer and a first vendor associated with said first work flow at least one of messages, data files, software applications, and documents, storing said at least one of messages, data files, software applications, and documents in said storage device, and transferring at least one of said at least one of messages, data files, software applications, and documents to at least one of said first customer and said first vendor; and
an accounting controller associated with said main controller capable of identifying at least one fee associated with said first work flow and storing fee data associated with said at least one fee in said first work flow record. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. For use in a network capable of providing communications between a plurality of customers generating service requests and a plurality of vendors capable of fulfilling the service requests, a method of monitoring and controlling work flows associated with the service requests between the plurality of customers and the plurality of vendors comprising the steps of:
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creating a first work flow record used to control a first work flow associated with a first service request;
storing the first work flow record in a storage device;
receiving from a first customer and a first vendor associated with the first work flow at least one of messages, data files, software applications, and documents;
storing the at least one of messages, data files, software applications, and documents in the storage device, and transferring at least one of the at least one of messages, data files, software applications, and documents to at least one of the first customer and the first vendor; and
identifying at least one fee associated with the first work flow and storing fee data associated with the at least one fee in the first work flow record. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. For use in connection with a communication network capable of providing communications between a plurality of customers generating service requests and a plurality of vendors capable of fulfilling said service requests, a system for brokering said service requests between said plurality of customers and said plurality of vendors comprising:
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a main controller capable of receiving a first service request from a first of said plurality of customers, generating a first record associated with said first service request, and storing said first record in a storage device associated with said main controller;
wherein said main controller is further capable of determining a nature of a first requested service associated with said first service request, and in response to said nature of said first requested service, allowing at least one of said plurality of vendors to access said first record in said storage device. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A network comprising;
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a plurality of customer data processing devices capable generating service requests created by a plurality of customers;
a plurality of vendor data processing devices associated with a plurality of vendors capable of fulfilling said service requests; and
a system for brokering said service requests between said plurality of customers and said plurality of vendors comprising;
a main controller capable of receiving a first service request from a first of said plurality of customers, generating a first record associated with said first service request, and storing said first record in a storage device associated with said main controller;
wherein said main controller is further capable of determining a nature of a first requested service associated with said first service request, and in response to said nature of said first requested service, allowing at least one of said plurality of vendors to access said first record in said storage device. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. For use in connection with a network capable of providing communications between a plurality of customers generating service requests and a plurality of vendors capable of fulfilling the service requests, a method for brokering the service requests between the plurality of customers and the plurality of vendors comprising steps of:
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receiving a first service request from a first of the plurality of customers;
generating a first record associated with the first service request;
storing the first record in a storage device;
determining a nature of a first requested service associated with the first service request; and
in response to the nature of the first requested service, allowing at least one of the plurality of vendors to access the first record in the storage device. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55)
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