System and method for brokering mobile service providers
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1. A method of dispatching a plurality of Mobile Service Providers among a plurality of stationary users, comprising:
- a) operating a system to interact with the Mobile Service Providers and stationary users,b) enrolling a plurality of Mobile Service Providers in the system,c) enrolling a plurality of stationary users in the system,d) tracking the position of at least some Mobile Service Providers,e) computing a measure of proximity of a stationary customer to the at least some Mobile Service Providers,f) offering the measure of proximity of the at least some of the Mobile Service Providers to the stationary user over a public network, andg) offering services to the stationary user at a price related to the measure of proximity of the user and the at least some Mobile Service Provider.
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Abstract
The present invention comprises a method and system for dispatching a plurality of mobile service providers among a plurality of users (stationary) based on proximity of a user to a particular mobile service provider. One or more representations of proximity will be presented to a user on a map (radar screen) by the system and the system computes offers based on proximity.
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1. A method of dispatching a plurality of Mobile Service Providers among a plurality of stationary users, comprising:
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a) operating a system to interact with the Mobile Service Providers and stationary users, b) enrolling a plurality of Mobile Service Providers in the system, c) enrolling a plurality of stationary users in the system, d) tracking the position of at least some Mobile Service Providers, e) computing a measure of proximity of a stationary customer to the at least some Mobile Service Providers, f) offering the measure of proximity of the at least some of the Mobile Service Providers to the stationary user over a public network, and g) offering services to the stationary user at a price related to the measure of proximity of the user and the at least some Mobile Service Provider. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for dispatching a plurality of Mobile Service Providers among a plurality of stationary users, comprising:
- a system server operating on a public network, with logic and resources to enroll a plurality of Mobile Service providers, to enroll a plurality of stationary users, to track the position of at least some of the Mobile Service Providers, to provide information to at least some of the stationary users comprising the proximity of Mobile Service Providers, and to offer services to the at least some stationary users based on their proximity to a Mobile Service Provider, wherein the logic and resources further comprise logic and resources to accept a reservation from a stationary user, assign the reservation to a Mobile Service Provider and charge the user'"'"'s account when the service has been provided, and wherein the logic and resources to offer services to at least some stationary users comprises logic and resources to offer a lower price for services to be provided by a more proximal Mobile Service Provider.
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