US 2013/0297329 A1Published application

Method for Brokering Purchases of Procedural Services

OwnerVikash Banthia, Vishal Banthiainventors

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Abstract

A method for brokering purchases of procedural services between a buyer and at least one professional service provider is a software-based system that negotiates transactions between potential clients and professional service providers by receiving, verifying, and negotiating appointment availabilities and appointment offers while providing privacy to both parties until a transaction is conducted. The system comprises the steps of receiving and indexing appointment openings from providers, receiving and indexing appointment offers from buyers, matching appointment opening with appointment offers, anonymizing appointment offers, and negotiating the exchange of personal information between both parties when a transaction is conducted, as well as provide ancillary product suggestions. The system provides functionality to match a submitted appointment offer anonymously with at least one professional service provider. Additionally, the system provides automated features that improve matching of the appointment opening and the appointment offer by user submitted parameters of system derived value optimums.

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Dependent claims

A method for brokering purchases of procedural services between a buyer and at least one professional service provider by executing computer executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium comprises:

providing a buyer account, a provider account, an appointment database, and an offer database;
receiving an appointment opening from the provider account, wherein the appointment opening contains an offer parameter and a provider identifier;
receiving an appointment offer from the buyer account, wherein the appointment offer contains an appointment parameter, an offer value, and a buyer identifier;
receiving a transferable payment type from the buyer account, wherein the transferable payment type is associated with the appointment offer;
matching the appointment offer to the appointment opening of the appointment database, wherein the appointment offer and the appointment opening are matched by the appointment parameter and the offer parameter, respectively;
creating an anonymized appointment offer, wherein the anonymized appointment offer is associated with the appointment offer;
exporting the anonymized appointment offer to the provider account;
receiving an offer acceptance from the provider account, wherein the offer acceptance is for the anonymized appointment offer;
exporting the buyer identifier to the provider account, wherein the buyer identifier is associated with the appointment offer;
and
exporting an offer acceptance notification and the provider identifier to the buyer account.

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Facts

Application: 13/672,508Filed 8 Nov 2012
Priority: 4 May 2012
Published: 7 Nov 2013
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

G06Q 30/0615
Using intermediate agents: anonymizing
G06F 21/6254
Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes: by anonymising data, e.g. decorrelating personal data from the owner's…
G06Q 10/10
Administration; Management: office automation; Time management
G06Q 10/1093
Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting: calendar-based scheduling for persons or groups

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Application61/642,778Us provisional application · filed 4 May 2012
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