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US 2003/0195838 A1Published application
Method and system for provision and acquisition of medical services and products
OwnerJulian L. Henleyinventor
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Transactional costs associated with providing professional services are reduced by enabling prospective clients/patients and professional service providers to competitively negotiate fees for proffered services through an interactive on-line professional services auction transaction system implemented over a publicly accessible communications network such as the Internet. A separate on-line auction transaction system, which shares database resources with the professional services auction transaction system, is also provided for implementing an arrangement for auctioning options to purchase services at a discount—such as discount coupons that are applicable toward fees charged for proffered professional services. A person-to-person network marketing arrangement for rewarding existing member professional service providers for recruiting prospective new service provider members and training them in the use of the on-line auction transaction systems is also fostered and supported via the on-line professional services auction transaction system.
An on-line auction transaction system implemented over a publicly accessible digital communications network comprising a web-page server computer system connected to a publicly accessible communications network for maintaining one or more web pages, said web-page server computer system comprising:
An on-line auction transaction system implemented over a publicly accessible digital communications network comprising a web-page server computer system connected to a publicly accessible communications network for maintaining one or more web pages, said web-page server computer system comprising:
An on-line computerized method for auctioning a discount coupon associated with a particular service proffered by a service provider, said discount coupon being redeemable against fees/charges for a particular service provider's services, comprising the steps of:
In an on-line auction transaction system implemented over a publicly accessible communications network such as the Internet, said transaction system comprising a web-site server computer system and a plurality of databases containing information relating to conducting auction transactions, an on-line computerized method for auctioning product/services and discount coupons/options that are redeemable against fees charged for said products/services, comprising the steps of:
An on-line professional services auction transaction system implemented over a publicly accessible digital communications network, said system enabling professional service providers to make available for purchase via auctioning on line a service option to purchase a specified proffered service at a predetermined discount, said system comprising:
An on-line auction transaction system comprising at least one web-site server computer, said system implemented over a publicly accessible digital communications network, said web-site server computer programmed to:
In an on-line auction transaction system implemented over a publicly accessible communications network such as the Internet, said system providing on-line interactive auctioning of professional services and/or products proffered by one or more registered service provider members, a method for providing incentive to registered service provider members to recruit and/or train new prospective service provider members, comprising the steps performed by a computer of:
An on-line computerized method for auctioning a service option for purchasing services proffered by a service provider at a discount, said service option being exercisable for a particular service provider's services, comprising the steps of:
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