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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
May. 17, 2011
Jonathan Paul Diller, Soquel, CA (US);
Rajasekhar L. Kovuru, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
James Kang-koog Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Jonathan Paul Diller, Soquel, CA (US);
Rajasekhar L. Kovuru, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
James Kang-Koog Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
ELANCE, INC., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of using an escrow service within a services exchange medium allows a buyer to deposit asset for a project into escrow. The asset is released to a service provider once the project is completed and approved by the buyer. The buyer and the service provider are able to ascribe escrow status to the project before starting the project. The buyer is able to upon posting the project. The service provider is able to while bidding on the project even if the buyer had not ascribe the escrow status to the project upon posting. The escrow service includes a tax filing feature and a dispute assistance feature. The tax filing feature issues 1099 U.S. federal tax forms on behalf of U.S. buyers to the I.R.S. after each tax year. The dispute assistance feature facilitates discussion between the service provider and the buyer to foster a resolution of a dispute.