Inventors:
Rodney Rice - Golden CO, US
Michael Beaudoin - Golden CO, US
James Zurcher - Golden CO, US
Ryan Sullivan - Golden CO, US
Assignee:
ServiceMagic, Inc. - Golden CO
International Classification:
G06Q 99/00, G07G 1/00, G06F 17/30
Abstract:
A method and system for matching ready-to-act consumers and pre-qualified service providers are described. Consumer-to-Business commerce transactions can be facilitated by pre-qualifying both consumers and service providers and matching a consumer who selects a single, pre-qualified service provider. For example, according to one exemplary embodiment of the invention, using information provided by the consumer, such as the consumer's address, type of work requested, etc., a matching system can determine whether a single, pre-qualified home service provider chosen by the consumer matches or meets the service need of the consumer and other criteria of the matching system. If the matching system determines that the consumer and the consumer's single, selected home service provider are not a match, then the consumer may permit his or her service request to be matched with the consumer lead criteria of one or more un-known or not previously selected service providers relative to the consumer.