On-demand assembly of buyer simulacra
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsDavid Frederick Bantz, Clifford A. Pickover
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer program for interacting with simulacrum members of a buyer simulacrum. Persistent storage is configured to store collective qualifications of the simulacrum based on the individual qualifications of the simulacrum members, while a simulacrum broker is configured to present the collective qualifications to third parties. Thus, the broker provides a dynamic representation of the collective financial information, credit, insurance, trustworthiness, knowledge, skills and experience of a simulacrum or virtual buyer. The broker further enables an entity, such as a simulacrum employer or seller, to interact with the simulacrum as if that simulacrum were a single entity, rather than a collection of individual members.
Claims21
A method for interacting with members of a buyer simulacrum, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a computer device, a message comprising a request from a third party for qualifications of a simulacrum for conducting a transaction;
- presenting, to said third party, collective qualifications of the simulacrum based on individual qualifications of the simulacrum members, said simulacrum being a single entity representing said simulacrum members, said collective qualifications comprise an aggregate education level of the simulacrum members, a financial credit of the simulacrum, and a trustworthiness of simulacrum suitable for conducting said transaction;
- receiving, at said computer device, an inquiry about the simulacrum from a third party, said inquiry comprising a request for additional simulacrum qualifications;
- retrieving simulacrum information about the simulacrum from a centralized database;
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- sending an inquiry response to the third party, the inquiry response including at least some of the simulacrum information from the centralized database,
- wherein, a program using a processor unit executes one or more of said message receiving, presenting, inquiry receiving, retrieving and sending steps,
- said simulacrum being formed on-demand based on simulacrum information including members whose knowledge and whose financial credit and trust is specialized for conducting said transaction for said third party.
A system for interacting with simulacrum members of a simulacrum, the system comprising:
- a persistent storage device configured to store collective qualifications of the simulacrum based on The individual qualifications of the simulacrum members, wherein said simulacrum being a single entity representing said simulacrum members, said collective qualifications comprise an aggregate education level of the simulacrum members, a financial credit of the simulacrum, and a trustworthiness of simulacrum suitable for conducting said transaction;
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- a simulacrum broker configured to provide a service of presenting the collective qualifications to third parties,
- a processor in communications with the persistent storage device, wherein the system is capable of performing a method comprising:
- receiving an inquiry about the simulacrum from a third party, said inquiry comprising a request for additional simulacrum qualifications;
- retrieving simulacrum information about the simulacrum from individual simulacrum members;
- and
- sending an inquiry response to the third party, the inquiry response including at least some of the simulacrum information from the individual simulacrum members,
- wherein, a simulacrum is formed on-demand based on simulacrum information including individuals whose knowledge and whose financial credit and trust is specialized for conducting said particular transaction for said third party.
A computer program product embodied in a tangible media comprising:
- computer readable program codes coupled to the tangible media for interacting with simulacrum members of a simulacrum, the computer readable program codes configured to cause the program to:
- present collective qualifications of the simulacrum based on individual qualifications of the simulacrum members, said simulacrum being a single entity representing said simulacrum members, said collective qualifications comprise an aggregate education level of the simulacrum members, a financial credit of the simulacrum, and a trustworthiness of simulacrum suitable for conducting said transaction;
- receive an inquiry about the simulacrum from a third party, said inquiry comprising a request for additional simulacrum qualifications;
- retrieve simulacrum information about the simulacrum from a centralized database;
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- send an inquiry response to the third party, the inquiry response including at least some of the simulacrum information from the centralized database,
- wherein, a simulacrum is formed on-demand based on simulacrum information including individuals whose knowledge and whose financial credit and trust is specialized for conducting said particular transaction for said third party.
A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein and readable by a processor device for causing interaction with simulacrum members of a simulacrum, the computer readable program code means in said computer program product comprising computer readable program code means for causing a computer to effect the functions of:
- persistent storage configured to store collective qualifications of the simulacrum based on the individual qualifications of the simulacrum members, said simulacrum being a single entity representing said simulacrum members, said collective qualifications comprise an aggregate education level of the simulacrum members, a financial credit of the simulacrum, and a trustworthiness of simulacrum suitable for conducting said transaction;
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- a simulacrum broker configured to provide a service of presenting the collective qualifications to third parties, said service including executing a method comprising:
- receiving an inquiry about the simulacrum from a third party, said inquiry comprising a request for additional simulacrum qualifications;
- retrieving simulacrum information about the simulacrum from individual simulacrum members;
- and
- sending an inquiry response to the third party, the inquiry response including at least some of the simulacrum information from the individual simulacrum members,
- wherein, a simulacrum is formed on-demand based on simulacrum information including individuals whose knowledge and whose financial credit and trust is specialized for conducting said particular transaction for said third party.
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