Thumbtack, Inc.

Marco Zappacosta

Jonathan Swanson

Jeremy Tunnell

Alexander Daniels

Benjamin Robert Anderson

Yue Zhao

Weikang Wan

Togan Adrien Olczak

Marcus Bertilson

A peer-to-peer services marketplace is described. A search query is received from a service buyer. The query is parsed to identify parameters including a category of service wanted and a desired location. An available services database that includes service seller profiles is searched based on the parameters. The system communicates information to the buyer regarding service sellers that match the parameters, including the description of the service, contact information, the location of the service seller, and the location where the service is offered. A selection of one of the service seller sis received from the buyer, and availability information to the buyer is provided. The buyer requests an available time of the seller and that time is reserved to create a service appointment. The seller is notified of the appointment.

Method and apparatus for a trusted localized peer-to-peer services marketplace

A server automatically generates a response on behalf of a first user to a request received from a second user. The server receives configuration information for configuring automatic response generation for the first user, including information identifying the first user, information specifying a type of service provided by the first user including a plurality of parameters that define details for the service, and information providing an availability of the first user to provide the specified type of service. A request is received from the second user. The first user is selected from multiple users to respond to the request. A response is automatically generated using at least some of the received configuration information. The response is automatically transmitted to the second user on behalf of the first user.

Automatically generating a response on behalf of a first user to a request received from a second user

A trusted localized peer-to-peer services marketplace including an available search module to search an available services database for available services responsive to receiving a search query from a potential service buyer, a wanted services search module to search a wanted services database for wanted services responsive to a receiving a search query from a service seller, and a display module coupled with the available services search module and the wanted services search module, the display module to display the results of the search queries, the display module further to display an option for the potential service buyer to automatically populate the wanted services database based on the received available services search query, and to display an option for the service seller to automatically populate the available services database based on the received wanted services search query.

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Marco Zappacosta