Method and apparatus for connecting consumers with one or more product or service providers
AssigneeHeavy Hammer, Inc.
InventorMichael William URBANSKI
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Abstract
A method and apparatus that for matching consumers with product or service providers is disclosed. The method may include establishing one or more profiles from one or more product or service providers, establishing one or more profiles from one or more consumers, receiving a consumer's subject matter request, matching the consumer with one or more products or service providers based on at least one of the consumer's profile and subject matter request, and providing the consumer's contact information to the matched one or more products or service providers.
Claims51
A method for matching consumers with product or service providers, comprising:
- establishing one or more profiles from one or more product or service providers, wherein the established product or service provider profiles are one of received and created;
- establishing one or more profiles from one or more consumers, wherein the established consumers profiles are one of received and created;
- receiving a user's subject matter request;
- matching the consumer with one or more products or service providers based on at least one of the consumer's profile and subject matter request;
- and
- providing the consumer's contact information to the matched one or more products or service providers.
A consumer/product or service provider matching server that matches consumers with product or service providers, comprising:
- a memory containing a consumer/product or service provider profile database;
- a communication interface that facilitates the sending and receiving of communications to and from consumers and product or service providers;
- and
- a consumer/product or service provider matching unit that establishes one or more profiles from one or more product or service providers, establishes one or more profiles from one or more consumers, receives a user's subject matter request through the communication interface, matches the consumer with one or more products or service providers based on at least one of the consumer's profile and subject matter request, and provides the consumer's contact information to the matched one or more products or service providers through the communication interface,
- wherein the established product or service provider profiles and the established consumers profiles are one of received through the communication interface and created by the consumer/product or service provider matching unit.
A non-transient computer-readable medium storing instructions for controlling a computing device for matching consumers with product or service providers, the instructions comprising:
- establishing one or more profiles from one or more product or service providers, wherein the established product or service provider profiles are one of received and created;
- establishing one or more profiles from one or more consumers, wherein the established consumers profiles are one of received and created;
- receiving a user's subject matter request;
- matching the consumer with one or more products or service providers based on at least one of the consumer's profile and subject matter request;
- and
- providing the consumer's contact information to the matched one or more products or service providers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.