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US 2007/0192130 A1Published application
System and method for rating service providers
OwnerHaramol Singh Sandhuinventor
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Abstract
A method and system to search for and compare service providers. A database may be searched by a potential service buyer and results may be returned. The results may be listed in such a manner as to reflect one or more of a variety of ratings techniques. The ratings applied to the service providers may take into account past information about jobs completed by the service provider as well as past information about the parties performing the ratings of the service providers.
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A method for rating, comprising:
- housing information about a plurality of first parties in a database;
- searching, by any second party, for a service offered by one of the plurality of first parties;
- accessing, by a second party, the information about the plurality of first parties;
- offering a job to one of the first parties by the second party;
- performing, by the one of the first parties, the job for the second party;
- inputting data regarding the job performed by the one of the first parties into the database by the second party;
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- assigning a rating to the one of the first parties who performed the job based upon the inputted data regarding the job and data about the second party for whom the job was performed.
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A system, comprising:
- an online database housing information regarding a plurality of service providers;
- an online interface that allows users to access the online database and contact service providers,
- the online interface further having a search tool into which users can enter search criteria, the search tool returning search results that are rated and ranked according to data provided by users who previously obtained services from the service providers in the online database and other data regarding the service providers;
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- a feedback input mechanism that allows users of the system to leave feedback regarding the service provider following the completion of a job, the feedback used as part of the data used in calculating a rating and ranking of an individual service provider.
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A method of providing and rating services, comprising:
- means for housing data regarding a plurality of service providers;
- means for allowing a plurality service buyers to access and search the data regarding the plurality of service providers;
- means for returning relevant search results to the plurality of service buyers;
- means for communicating a job offer from a service buyer to a service provider;
- means for a service buyer to accept and perform a job for the service buyer;
- means for the service buyer to leave feedback data regarding a job performed by the service provider;
- means for aggregating and weighting the feedback provided by the service buyer;
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- means for calculating aggregate scores applicable to the service provider that take account feedback.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.