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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2008
Applicant:
Weiwen Weng, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventor:
Weiwen Weng, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
According to the invention disclosed herein, methods and systems are disclosed that proactively and anonymously reach out to potential service providers, through a virtual calling agent, to screen and select one or more service providers for the consumer. Such methods would be time-consuming to conduct manually but are automated efficiently and flexibly as described herein. These methods and systems are not limited to service providers who have pre-registered at any particular web site or directory.