SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COORDINATION OF REMOTE INSPECTORS
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Abstract
A method and a system to automatically coordinate remote inspectors are provided. Initially, a listing is identified for remote inspection in an online publication system. The listing may describe an item for sale that is, in turn, associated with a geographical location and a category. One or more remote inspectors are identified based on the geographical location and the category associated with the item for sale. The listing and respective profiles of each of the one or more remote inspectors is published to a buyer. A selection of a selected remote inspector is received from the buyer. A template inspection report is provided to the selected remote inspector. Once the remote inspector has inspected the item for sale, the buyer is provided a completed inspection report received from the selected remote inspector.
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21 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. A system comprising:
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a remote inspector module to access data about remote inspectors in an online publication system and to publish the accessed data in connection with one or more listings describing items for sale; and a request module to, using one or more processors, receive a request for a remote inspector from a buyer, determine a portion of the remote inspectors based on predetermined criteria, and to alert the portion of the remote inspectors about the request based on the pre-determined criteria, and to facilitate a reverse auction among two or more of the remote inspectors. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method comprising:
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accessing data about remote inspectors in an online publication system; publishing the accessed data in connection with one or more listings describing items for sale; determining, using one or more processors, a portion of the remote inspectors based on predetermined criteria in response to a request for a remote inspector from a buyer; alerting the portion of the remote inspectors about the request based on the pre-determined criteria; and facilitating a reverse auction among two or more of the remote inspectors.
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21. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions embodied thereon, the instructions executable by one or more processors for performing operations comprising:
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accessing data about remote inspectors in an online publication system; publishing the accessed data in connection with one or more listings describing items for sale; determining, using one or more processors, a portion of the remote inspectors based on predetermined criteria in response to a request for a remote inspector from a buyer; alerting the portion of the remote inspectors about the request based on the pre-determined criteria; and facilitating a reverse auction among two or more of the remote inspectors.
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