MECHANISM FOR EFFICIENTLY MATCHING TWO OR MORE ENTITIES BASED ON MUTUAL BENEFIT
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating transactions, comprising the steps of:
- receiving, at a server computer system, an offer from a first user via a first client computing system that is communicatively coupled with said server computer system; and
by said server computer system, matching said first user offering with at least one second user'"'"'s offerings, said second-user offerings stored within said server computer system.
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Abstract
The present inventive concept is generally directed to a computer-based system and associated methods for facilitating business referrals, matching consumers with compatible providers of goods and/or services. In an embodiment, the system comprises a business-referral website through which consumers can place bids for any product or service whatsoever. In an embodiment, there are functional modules designed to serve the following actors: Consumers, Goods/Service Providers, System Administrators, and sales/Marketing Agents. The system allows Consumers who are looking for a particular good or service to publish a “Bid” within the system, which in turn will logically match the Consumer offering with one or more Providers based on the Consumer-offer details; that is, product/service category and description, geographical area for delivery of the needed goods/services, and the offered price. Matched Providers are given the opportunity to electronically respond to the Consumer offer by accepting, rejecting, requesting more information, or counter-offering.
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21 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating transactions, comprising the steps of:
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receiving, at a server computer system, an offer from a first user via a first client computing system that is communicatively coupled with said server computer system; and by said server computer system, matching said first user offering with at least one second user'"'"'s offerings, said second-user offerings stored within said server computer system. - 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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