METHODS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUSES, TO PROCESS, CREATE, OR TRANSMIT ONE OR MORE MESSAGES RELATING TO GOODS OR SERVICES

• US 20120072441A1
• Filed: 09/21/2010
• Published: 03/22/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sidney L. True
• Original Assignee: Sidney L. True
• Inventors: True, Sidney L.
• Granted Patent: US 9,239,856 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/23 Updating
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/437 Administration of user profiles, e.g. generation, initialisation, adaptation, distribution
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/903 Querying for retrieval from the web G06F16/953
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0611 Request for offers or quotes

Abstract

Embodiments of methods, systems, or apparatuses relating to data processing and more particularly to methods, systems, or apparatuses to process, create, or transmit, one or more messages relating to goods or services.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

accessing one or more signals, wherein said signals at least in part represents user provided information, wherein said user provided information relates at least in part to one or more goods or services;

processing said one or more signals at least in part to determine one or more goods or services providers;

determining one or more communication environments associated with said one or more goods or services providers;

creating a plurality of messages to one or more goods or services providers based at least in part on said user provided information and the determined one or more communication environments; and

transmitting one or more signals representing the created plurality of messages to said one or more goods or services providers.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said user provided information comprises one or more portions of textual information, one or more images, geographic information associated with said user, one or more user selected options, one or more portions of user account information, or combinations thereof.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said processing comprises:

analyzing said user provided information based, at least in part, on one or more natural language processing methods or one or more key words, wherein said one or more key words are associated, at least in part, with said one or more goods or services providers or one or more categories of goods or services providers.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said determining comprises:

analyzing one or more information sources at least in part to determine one or more communication environments for said one or more goods or services providers.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein said one or more information sources comprise at least one or more network accessible documents or files, or one or more locally stored documents or files.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said one or more communication environments comprise e-mail, telephone, cellular telephone, text messaging, short messaging services, other electronic communication techniques, or combinations thereof.

7. An apparatus comprising:

a computing platform operable to access one or more signals relating to a user search via one or more search applications for one or more goods or services providers;

said computing platform further operable to analyze said signals to determine one or more communication environments associated with said one or more goods or services providers;

said computing platform further operable to transmit a plurality of messages comprising at least information relating, at least in part, to said user, or information relating, at least in part, to said user search, to one or more goods or services providers.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein said computing platform is further operable to analyze said signals at least in part to determine one or more portions of user provided information to transmit to said one or more goods or services providers.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein said computing platform is further operable to analyze said signals at least in part with one or more language processing techniques.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein said computing platform is further operable to provide a user interface at least in part for receiving said one or more portions of user provided information.

11. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein said computing platform is further operable to refine said one or more goods or services providers based at least in part on one or more portions of user provided information.

12. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein said computing platform is further operable to receive one or more message from said one or more goods or services providers at least in part relating to one or more of the transmitted plurality of messages.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein said computing platform is further operable to determine one or more communication environments associated with said user and create one or more messages to said user based at least in part on said one or more received messages from one more goods or services providers and the determined one or more communication environments.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein said computing platform is further operable to transmit one or more messages to said user based, at least in part, on the received one or more messages from said one or more goods or services providers.

15. A system comprising:

a computing platform operable to access one or more signals, wherein said one or more signals relate to a user search via one or more search applications for one or more goods or services providers;

said computing platform further operable to transmit to a user'"'"'s computing platform a plurality of search results comprising information relating to one or more goods or services providers;

said computing platform further operable to access user provided information and determine one or more relationships between said user provided information and said search results; and

said computing platform further operable to transmit at least a portion of said user provided information to one or more of said goods or services providers based at least in part on the determined one or more relationships.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein said computing platform is further operable to process said user provided information at least in part to determine said one or more relationships, and wherein said computing platform is further operable to refine said plurality of search results based at least in part on the processed user provided information.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein said computing platform is further operable to process said user provided information at least in part by one or more language processing techniques.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein said one or more language processing techniques comprise one or more natural language processing techniques or one or more key words processing techniques.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein said user provided information comprises a user'"'"'s selection or deselection of one or more of said search results.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein at least a portion of said transmitted user provided information is at least in part obfuscated from said one or more goods or services providers.

21. An article, comprising:

a storage medium having instructions stored thereon executable by a special purpose computing platform to;

access one or more signals comprising user provided textual information relating to one or more goods or services;

analyze at least a portion of said user provided textual information using one or more language processing techniques to determine one or more goods or services providers; and

transmit a plurality of messages to at least one of the determined one or more goods or services providers, wherein said plurality of messages are based, at least in part, on one or more portions of said user provided textual information.

22. An apparatus comprising:

means for receiving one or more signals, wherein said signals comprise user provided information, wherein said user provided information relate at least in part to one or more goods or services;

means for processing said one or more signals at least in part to determine one or more goods or services providers;

means for determining one or more communication environments associated with said one or more goods or services providers, at least in part by analyzing one or more information sources at least in part to determine one or more communication environments for said one or more goods or services providers;

means for creating one or more messages to at least one of said one or more goods or services providers based at least in part on said user provided information and the determined one or more communication environments; and

means for transmitting one or more signals representing the created one or more messages to the plurality of said one or more goods or services providers.

23. A method comprising:

accessing signals relating to a user search for goods or services providers via a search application, wherein at least a portion of said signals comprise user provided textual information;

analyzing at least a portion of said user provided textual information using one or more language processing techniques to determine one or more goods or services providers;

determining one or more communication environments associated with said one or more goods or services providers;

creating one or more messages to one or more goods or services providers based at least in part on said signals and the determined one or more communication environments; and

transmitting one or more signals representing the created one or more messages to said one or more goods or services providers.

24. A method comprising:

accessing one or more signals, wherein said signals at least in part represents user provided information, wherein said user provided information relates at least in part to one or more goods or services;

processing said one or more signals at least in part to determine one or more goods or services providers;

determining one or more communication environments associated with said one or more goods or services providers;

creating one or more messages to one or more goods or services providers based at least in part on said user provided information and the determined one or more communication environments;

transmitting one or more signals representing the created one or more messages to said one or more goods or services providers,

receiving one or more messages from said one or more goods or services providers at least in part relating to one or more of the transmitted one or more created messages; and

transmitting one or more messages to said user based, at least in part, on the received one or more messages from said one or more goods or services providers.

26. A method, comprising:

transmitting a plurality of messages to one or more goods and services providers, wherein said plurality of messages comprise at least a portion of user provided information relating to goods or services, wherein said user provided information comprises one or more textual narratives describing the goods or services.