METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REVENUE PER REVERSE REDIRECT
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented reverse online auction method, the method comprising:
- receiving a vendor registration from each of a plurality of vendors, wherein receiving a vendor registration comprises;
receiving vendor product and service information;
receiving vendor contact information; and
storing the received vendor product and service information and the received vendor contact information in a database;
receiving a client request lead from a client, the client request lead comprising a request for proposal (RFP) or a request for quote (RFQ), wherein receiving a client request lead comprises;
receiving proposed project information if the client request lead is an RFP;
receiving vendor product information if the client request lead is an RFQ; and
storing the received proposed project information and the received vendor product information in the database;
distributing selected client request lead information from the database to at least one of the plurality of vendors, the selected client request lead information providing information identifying the RFP or the RFQ, and the selected client request lead information excluding client contact information;
accepting an opportunity to bid for the distributed client request lead by at least one of the plurality of vendors receiving the distributed selected client request lead information;
submitting a bid for the distributed client request lead by at least one of the plurality of vendors accepting the opportunity to bid;
determining at least one winning bidder from the at least one of the plurality of vendors submitting a bid for the client request lead; and
providing client contact information to at least one winning bidder.
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Abstract
A method and system for a reverse online auction process include a dynamic rules-based configuration step. Question-and-answer sets having branches to other questions based on configured rules are generated. Vendor registrations are received from vendors, including vendor product and service information, vendor contact information, and vendor content. A vendor profile is created and stored for each vendor based the product and service information and on answers provided by the vendor to the question and answer sets. Client request leads received from clients are automatically matched to the vendor profile information to determine one or more selected vendors who receive the lead information. However, the received lead information excludes client contact information. Vendors may accept an opportunity to bid for the lead and thereby become candidate vendors. Candidate vendors may submit a bid for the lead, and at least one winning bidder is determined from the candidate vendors.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented reverse online auction method, the method comprising:
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receiving a vendor registration from each of a plurality of vendors, wherein receiving a vendor registration comprises; receiving vendor product and service information; receiving vendor contact information; and storing the received vendor product and service information and the received vendor contact information in a database; receiving a client request lead from a client, the client request lead comprising a request for proposal (RFP) or a request for quote (RFQ), wherein receiving a client request lead comprises; receiving proposed project information if the client request lead is an RFP; receiving vendor product information if the client request lead is an RFQ; and storing the received proposed project information and the received vendor product information in the database; distributing selected client request lead information from the database to at least one of the plurality of vendors, the selected client request lead information providing information identifying the RFP or the RFQ, and the selected client request lead information excluding client contact information; accepting an opportunity to bid for the distributed client request lead by at least one of the plurality of vendors receiving the distributed selected client request lead information; submitting a bid for the distributed client request lead by at least one of the plurality of vendors accepting the opportunity to bid; determining at least one winning bidder from the at least one of the plurality of vendors submitting a bid for the client request lead; and providing client contact information to at least one winning bidder. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer-implemented reverse online auction method, the method comprising:
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performing a dynamic rules-based configuration; receiving a vendor registration from each of a plurality of vendors, and storing the vendor registration in a database; creating and storing in the database, a vendor profile for each vendor based on answers to a plurality of question-and-answer sets provided by the vendor, and based on product and service information received from the associated vendor; receiving a client request lead from a client; automatically matching the client request lead information to the plurality of vendors to determine at least one selected vendor; distributing selected client request lead information to only the at least one selected vendor, the selected client request lead information excluding client contact information; accepting an opportunity to bid for the distributed client request lead by at least one of the selected vendors, the selected vendors accepting the opportunity to bid becoming candidate vendors; submitting a bid for the distributed client request lead by at least one of the candidate vendors accepting the opportunity to bid; determining at least one winning bidder from the at least one of vendors submitting a bid for the client request lead; and providing client contact information to at least one winning bidder. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for performing a reverse online auction, comprising:
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a server system, comprising; a computer system; a network interface for communicating with at least one of a client system and a vendor system; a user interface; a storage system for storing at least one database utilized by the server system, the at least one database; and a database server in communication with the server system for performing database retrieval and storage functions; wherein the server system is configured to perform a reverse online auction comprising the steps of; performing a dynamic rules-based configuration comprising; generating and storing on the storage system, a plurality of question-and-answer sets, the question and answer sets including branching to other questions based on configured rules; organizing the question-and-answer sets based on industry specific information from each vendor, the question-and-answer sets organized from a low level of detail to a high level of detail based on information provided by the vendor; and configuring rules for defining a linking order of the question and answer sets; receiving via the network interface a vendor registration from each of a plurality of vendors, wherein receiving a vendor registration comprises; receiving vendor product and service information; receiving vendor contact information; and receiving vendor content, the vendor content including advertising material for the associated vendor; creating and storing on the storage system a vendor profile for each vendor based on answers to the question and answer sets provided by the vendor, and based on the received product and service information of the associated vendor; receiving via the network interface a client request lead from a client; automatically matching the client request lead information to the plurality of vendors to determine at least one selected vendor; distributing via the network interface selected client request lead information to only the at least one selected vendor, the selected client request lead information excluding client contact information; accepting an opportunity to bid for the distributed client request lead by at least one of the selected vendors, the selected vendors accepting the opportunity to bid becoming candidate vendors; receiving a bid for the distributed client request lead, the bid submitted by at least one of the candidate vendors accepting the opportunity to bid; determining at least one winning bidder from the at least one of vendors submitting a bid for the client request lead; and providing client contact information to the at least one winning bidder.
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