Facilitated information exchange to a service provider for a requested service

• US 9,473,483 B2
• Filed: 05/14/2015
• Issued: 10/18/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Choudhary, Manish, Muthuswamy, Srinivasan S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Labaze, Edwyn
• Application Number:
  US14/712,193
• Publication Number:
  US 20160055557A1
• Time in Patent Office: 523 Days
• Field of Search: 235/381, 235/375, 235/487, 705 28- 29
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/21 Design, administration or maintenance of databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0609 Buyer or seller confidence or verification
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/104 Grouping of entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/105 Multiple levels of security
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/53 using third party service providers

Abstract

A method, a computer program product and a computer system, for exchanging information to provide services, is provided. A computer processor creates an information repository associated with a service requestor, in response to receiving a request for service from the service requestor. The computer processor notifies a service provider of the request for service from the service requestor. The computer processor receives a request for information from the service provider, regarding information about the service requestor. The computer processor forwards the request for information to one or more information providers. The computer processor stores information in the information repository, in response to receiving the information from the one or more information providers, and notifies the service provider to retrieve the information from the information repository.

Claims

1. A method for exchanging information to provide services, the method comprising:

a computer processor creating an information vault for a service requestor that is previously registered, in response to receiving a first request from the service requestor for a service based on a selection made by the service requestor of a service provided by a service provider that is previously registered;

the computer processor notifying the service provider that is previously registered, of the request for the service provided by the service provider selected by the service requestor;

the computer processor receiving a second request from the service provider for information about the service requestor regarding a qualification of the service requestor to receive the requested service from the service provider;

the computer processor forwarding to one or more information providers that are previously registered, the second request from the service provider for information regarding whether the service requestor qualifies for the service that is requested the computer processor storing in the information vault for the service requestor, the information regarding whether the service requestor qualifies for the service in response to receiving the information requested from the one or more information providers; and

the computer processor notifying the service provider to retrieve the information from the information vault for the service requestor regarding whether the service requestor qualifies for the service that is requested.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to receiving notification of completion of the service, the computer processor deleting the information from the information vault corresponding to the service that is requested.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

the computer processor registering the service requestor, the service provider, and the one or more information providers, wherein registration includes authentication of an identity of the service provider, an identity of the service requestor, and an identity of the one or more information providers.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

the computer processor creating a listing of services associated with the service provider as part of registering the service provider, from which the service requestor selects a service.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the registration of the one or more information providers, includes confirmation by the service requestor of the one or more information providers as a source of the information for the request for information.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the service requestor selects the service provider to provide the service.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more information providers are determined based on the request for information from the service provider that is used to determine whether the service requestor qualifies for the service that is requested.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the information vault is a virtual information vault that is created and designated for the service requestor that selects a particular service from the service provider.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to the service provider determining that the service requestor qualifies for the service, and the service provider providing the service that is requested, the computer processor receiving a notification of providing the service from the service provider, regarding the service that is requested from the service requestor.