System and method for sharing information among provider systems
First Claim
1. A method for providing services by a service provider to a customer, comprising:
- providing to the customer a list of service providers or services;
receiving from the customer an identifier of the service provider with which the customer wishes to transact;
receiving from the customer a plurality of customer data objects corresponding to check-out data objects used by the service provider to provide services;
placing the customer data objects into a check-out data construct comprising information identifying the customer, information identifying the service provider, customer data corresponding to the data objects and tag information identifying the customer data; and
providing the service provider with the check-out data objects used by the service provider to provide services.
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Abstract
A system is provided wherein information is provided once, and that information is provided to multiple provider systems. Information provided by a user is stored and implemented for each provider as needed. The information is provided by a user to a central server that distributes the information to one or more provider systems. In particular, the information is stored in a database and distributed to the provider system depending on the type of transaction. According to one aspect, the information is stored in an unstructured format in the database. In some embodiments the information contains metatags or indicators that can be parsed by a parser to extract the data content from the desired data fields.
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1. A method for providing services by a service provider to a customer, comprising:
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providing to the customer a list of service providers or services;
receiving from the customer an identifier of the service provider with which the customer wishes to transact;
receiving from the customer a plurality of customer data objects corresponding to check-out data objects used by the service provider to provide services;
placing the customer data objects into a check-out data construct comprising information identifying the customer, information identifying the service provider, customer data corresponding to the data objects and tag information identifying the customer data; and
providing the service provider with the check-out data objects used by the service provider to provide services. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A system for sharing customer data with a service provider, comprising:
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a database in which a plurality of customer data objects are stored, each customer data object including content and tags indicative of the content;
a tag parser that parses the tags to determine the content of the customer data objects; and
an information manager operable to provide the data object content to the service provider to allow the service provider to provide services to the customer. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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