METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BROKERING INDUSTRIAL SERVICE CONTRACTS
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1. A method for brokering industrial service contracts, the method comprising the steps of:
- collecting qualification data obtained from a plurality of industrial service providers;
storing the qualification data within a database;
obtaining an industrial service request from a user, the service request comprising one or more service parameter inputs;
filtering the qualification data on the basis of the service parameter inputs to generate a qualification list of service providers qualified to fulfill the service request;
ranking each qualified service provider based on the correspondence of one or more service parameter inputs with the qualification data of that service provider;
making sequential, time-limited offers corresponding to the industrial service request on behalf of the user, to the qualified service providers in ranked order; and
confirming an accepted offer with the accepting service provider and the user.
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Abstract
A system and method for brokering industrial service contracts is described. The system registers customer users and service provider users. Further, customers may enter order data corresponding to a request for industrial service. Service provider users may enter qualification data corresponding to their ability or capacity to take on service contracts. The system implements a matching module based on the customer user-entered order data to generate a ranked list of suitable service provider users. Sequential offers are made to the qualified service providers in ranked order until an offer is accepted.
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1. A method for brokering industrial service contracts, the method comprising the steps of:
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collecting qualification data obtained from a plurality of industrial service providers; storing the qualification data within a database; obtaining an industrial service request from a user, the service request comprising one or more service parameter inputs; filtering the qualification data on the basis of the service parameter inputs to generate a qualification list of service providers qualified to fulfill the service request; ranking each qualified service provider based on the correspondence of one or more service parameter inputs with the qualification data of that service provider; making sequential, time-limited offers corresponding to the industrial service request on behalf of the user, to the qualified service providers in ranked order; and confirming an accepted offer with the accepting service provider and the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A system for brokering industrial service contracts, the system comprising:
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a registration module for collecting registration data from customer users and service provider users. the registration module comprising;
an input component for collecting order request data from customer users and qualification data from service provider users; and
a database component for storing said order data and qualification data;a matching module for querying the database in respect of the order request data to generate a match and resulting contract between a customer user and a service provider user, the matching module comprising;
a processor for ranking service provider users with respect to the order request data, and for making sequential time-limited contract offers corresponding to the order request data to ranked service provider users, on behalf of the customer user. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A system for matching registered customer users in need of service, with registered service provider users qualified to provide the service, the system comprising:
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a user interface for collecting service order data from customer users, and for collecting qualification data from service provider users; a database for storing the service order data and the qualification data; a communication interface for requesting input from users; a processor for querying the database in respect of each service order and executing a matching module to generate a ranked list of qualified service provider users corresponding to the service order data; and an offer module for generating contract offers corresponding to the service order, communicating said offers sequentially to the qualified service provider users in ranked order via the communication interface, and requesting acceptance of same within a specified period of time. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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