Method and System for Providing Discounted Services to Customers
First Claim
1. A computer implemented system for matching potential buyers with service providers through a service club, comprising:
- a means for accepting service provider material from a service provider, wherein the service provider material comprises at least one of;
advertising material, promotional material, and incentive material;
a means for selecting a subset of potential buyers from a set of potential buyers for receiving the service provider material from the service provider; and
a means for transmitting the service provider material to the subset of potential buyers.
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Abstract
ServiceClub provides an efficient and economic way to connect sellers of services with potential buyers of their services. Discounts, coupons, and special promotions can be provided potential customers based on geographic considerations, so a potential customer can receive services of a specific type either around where he lives or works, or currently is located. Since the system provides geographic filtering, a national or international system can provide discounts and promotions local to a user. Customers benefit because of the national system, and service providers benefit through highly focused advertising.
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25 Claims
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1. A computer implemented system for matching potential buyers with service providers through a service club, comprising:
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a means for accepting service provider material from a service provider, wherein the service provider material comprises at least one of;
advertising material, promotional material, and incentive material;a means for selecting a subset of potential buyers from a set of potential buyers for receiving the service provider material from the service provider; and a means for transmitting the service provider material to the subset of potential buyers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer implemented method of matching potential buyers with service providers through a service club, comprising:
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accepting service provider material from a service provider, wherein the service provider material comprises at least one of;
advertising material, promotional material, and incentive material;selecting a subset of potential buyers from a set of members of a service club for receiving the service provider material from the service provider; and transmitting the service provider material to the subset of potential buyers.
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23. A computer software storage medium containing software for matching potential buyers with service providers through a service club, wherein the software comprises:
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a set of computer instructions for accepting service provider material from a service provider, wherein the service provider material comprises at least one of;
advertising material, promotional material, and incentive material;a set of computer instructions for selecting a subset of potential buyers from a set of potential buyers for receiving the service provider material from the service provider; and a set of computer instructions for transmitting the service provider material to the subset of potential buyers.
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24. A computer implemented system for matching potential buyers with service providers through a service club, comprising:
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a database for storage of service provider material, wherein the service provider material comprises at least one of;
advertising material, promotional material, and incentive material;a means for accepting buyer information from a potential buyer in order to specify a buyer filter for the potential buyer; a means of selecting service provider material from the database as selected service provider material for transmission to the potential buyer utilizing the buyer filter for the potential buyer; and a means for transmitting the selected service provider material to the potential buyer.
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25. A computer implemented system for matching potential buyers with service providers through a service club, comprising:
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a means for accepting information about a first party to a potential transaction, wherein the first party is a first one of a set comprising;
a potential buyer and a potential service provider;a means of selecting the information for transmission to a second party as selected information, wherein the second party is a second one of the set comprising;
the potential buyer and the potential service provider; anda means of transmitting the selected information to the second party.
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