System and method for regulated collaboration marketplace
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1. A system for online information exchange between users, comprising:
- a first party platform on a network and collaboration site, the network and collaboration site being hosted on one or more server machines, the first party platform maintaining one or more private workflows, the one or more private workflows being accessible by registered first party users of the network and collaboration site and defining predetermined workflows through which the registered first party users of the network and collaboration site can collaborate, wherein information associated with identification of the registered first party users available to others of the registered first party users in at least some of the one or more private workflows is restricted according to first predetermined criteria;
a second party platform on the network and collaboration site, the second party platform regulating access by registered second party users to the registered first party users of the first party platform and to posts in predetermined ones of the one or more private workflows of the first party platform; and
a control logic embodied on the one or more server machines and communicatively coupled to the first party platform and the second party platform for registering the first and second party users and for controlling access to the network and collaboration site.
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Abstract
A collaboration system includes a banker collaboration platform offering a first degree of access, and a vendor collaboration platform that offers a second degree of access to the banker collaboration platform. Vendors are not allowed to directly contact bankers and bankers'"'"' identities are maintained secret from the vendors. The two platforms can be part of a network site hosted on one or more server machines in a network environment.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for online information exchange between users, comprising:
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a first party platform on a network and collaboration site, the network and collaboration site being hosted on one or more server machines, the first party platform maintaining one or more private workflows, the one or more private workflows being accessible by registered first party users of the network and collaboration site and defining predetermined workflows through which the registered first party users of the network and collaboration site can collaborate, wherein information associated with identification of the registered first party users available to others of the registered first party users in at least some of the one or more private workflows is restricted according to first predetermined criteria; a second party platform on the network and collaboration site, the second party platform regulating access by registered second party users to the registered first party users of the first party platform and to posts in predetermined ones of the one or more private workflows of the first party platform; and a control logic embodied on the one or more server machines and communicatively coupled to the first party platform and the second party platform for registering the first and second party users and for controlling access to the network and collaboration site. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for online information exchange between users, comprising:
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forming one or more private workflows on a network and collaboration site, the one or more private workflows being accessible by registered first party users of the network and collaboration site and defining predetermined workflows through which the registered first party users of the network and collaboration site can collaborate, the network and collaboration site being hosted on one or more server machines, the forming performed by a control logic embodied on the one or more server machines wherein information associated with identification of the registered first party users available to others of the registered first party users in at least some of the one or more private workflows is restricted according to first predetermined criteria; and the control logic regulating access by registered second party users to the information associated with the identification of the registered first party users and to posts in predetermined ones of the one or more private workflows, wherein the regulating access is according to at least second predetermined criteria and wherein the regulating access comprises allowing and disallowing access to at least portions of the information or posts. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions translatable by one or more computers to perform:
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forming one or more private workflows on a network and collaboration site, the network and collaboration site being hosted on the one or more computers, the one or more private workflows being accessible by registered first party users of the network and collaboration site and defining predetermined workflows through which the registered first party users of the network and collaboration site can collaborate, wherein information associated with identification of the registered first party users available to others of the registered first party users in at least some of the one or more private workflows is restricted according to first predetermined criteria; and regulating access by registered second party users to the information associated with the identification of the registered first party users and to posts in predetermined ones of the one or more private workflows, wherein the regulating access is according to at least second predetermined criteria and wherein the regulating access comprises allowing and disallowing access to at least portions of the information or posts. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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