Auction, imagery and retaining engine systems for services and service providers
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for creating a services marketplace, comprising:
- a. providing a site accessible to service providers and purchasers of services;
b. storing descriptions of services that are available for purchase, said descriptions of services being supplied to said site by service providers;
c. receiving a request from a purchaser to acquire desired services;
d. automatically determining whether one or more stored descriptions of services correspond to said desired services; and
e. communicating to said purchaser one or more descriptions of services that correspond to said desired services.
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a computer-implemented method/system for facilitating communications between service providers and potential customers for services. The computer-implemented method/system provides a marketplace for interactions, both online and off-line, between service providers and potential customers, including purchasing groups, particularly buyer-driven service-related interactions. The marketplace advantageously allows categorization, key word searching, group purchasing, service packaging, data mining, auctions and other commercial features and functionality. The computer-implemented method/system also supports holographic imagery, e.g., in the form of virtual assistants, that facilitates marketplace-related activities. Based on the computer-implemented method/system, service providers are able to efficiently and cost effectively extend the reach of their marketing and promotional activities to a wide range of additional customers, and customers are able to initiate access service providers ideally suited to meet their needs, i.e., buyer-driven commerce, at desirable prices and according to required timeframes.
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1. A computer-implemented method for creating a services marketplace, comprising:
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a. providing a site accessible to service providers and purchasers of services;
b. storing descriptions of services that are available for purchase, said descriptions of services being supplied to said site by service providers;
c. receiving a request from a purchaser to acquire desired services;
d. automatically determining whether one or more stored descriptions of services correspond to said desired services; and
e. communicating to said purchaser one or more descriptions of services that correspond to said desired services. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. A computer-implemented method for creating a services marketplace, comprising:
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a. providing a site accessible to service providers and purchasers of services, b. storing a description of a project that a retaining purchaser desires to purchase, said project description being supplied to said site by said retaining purchaser;
c. displaying said project description for consideration by a plurality of service providers;
d. receiving a commitment from at least one of said plurality of service providers to perform said project pursuant to said project description; and
e. communicating said commitment to said retaining purchaser. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104)
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