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Method and System for the Location-Based Discovery and Validated Payment of a Service Provider

  • US 20140108201A1
  • Filed: 12/13/2013
  • Published: 04/17/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2011
  • Status: Active Application
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1. A computer-implemented method for controlling the serving of Consumer to Service-Provider matching functionality using its relevancy to a request and the method comprising:

  • accepting, by a computer system or cell phone or mobile device, geolocation information associated with the request;

    comparing, by the computer system, the accepted geolocation information associated to a searching Consumer, with geolocation information associated to potential matching Service Providers;

    determining, by the computer system, the relevancy of the Service-Providers that are returned as a result of the Consumer'"'"'s search using at least the comparison result;

    controlling, by the computer system, the serving of the Consumer'"'"'s geolocation-based search and other option criteria, for delivery/rendering on a client device, using the determined relevancy of search results;

    determining, by the computer system, whether the Service-Providers returned by the search are within the acceptable radius the Consumer'"'"'s geolocation-based search;

    notifying, by the computer system, via a communication to a web-enabled mobile or desktop device that a Service Provider that meets the Consumers'"'"'s search criteria are available and within the acceptable geolocation radius as determined by a search or preset setting; and

    notifying, by the computer system, via a communication to a web-enabled mobile or desktop device that a Consumer are searching for a Service Provider that meets the Service Provider'"'"'s profile within the acceptable geolocation radius as determined by a search or preset setting.

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