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Online marketplace for moving and relocation services

  • US 8,135,627 B2
  • Filed: 02/02/2009
  • Issued: 03/13/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of providing services via a computer network marketplace, the method comprising:

  • enabling a customer in the computer network marketplace to access content regarding a service, wherein the content includes information relating to a plurality of vendors that offer the service;

    enabling the customer to select a vendor from the plurality of vendors;

    processing a transaction for the service between the customer and a vendor selected by the customer;

    accepting a payment from the customer for the service;

    associating a confirmation code with the transaction, wherein the confirmation code is known to the customer without being revealed to the vendor before performance of the service is completed;

    communicating to the vendor information relating to the transaction;

    instructing at least one of the customer and the vendor that payment to the vendor will be activated upon submission of the confirmation code; and

    after performance of the service, activating a payment to the vendor for the service in response to submission of the confirmation code.

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