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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2020
Thumbtack, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Muxing Chen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jeffrey Lock, Flushing, NY (US);
Benjamin Robert Anderson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Zhenyu Liu, San Jose, CA (US);
Harsh Pankaj Panchal, San Mateo, CA (US);
Tracy Livengood, San Francisco, CA (US);
THUMBTACK, INC., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A server automatically generates a response on behalf of second users to a request received from a first user. A first stage of matching is performed that includes determining which of the second users match a requested location and request type. A second stage of matching is performed for each second user that includes computing a value that quantifies a likelihood of the first user selecting that second user to fulfill the request, and determining a capacity of the second user to fulfill the request. Some of the second users are selected based at least in part on the computed value and the determined capacity of each of the second users. A response is automatically generating for each of the selected second users. The generated responses are transmitted to the first user.