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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2006
Adam C. Depue, Redmond, WA (US);
Dean P. Paron, Bellevue, WA (US);
Leszek Mazur, Bellevue, WA (US);
Sean Daniel, Redmond, WA (US);
Adam C. DePue, Redmond, WA (US);
Dean P. Paron, Bellevue, WA (US);
Leszek Mazur, Bellevue, WA (US);
Sean Daniel, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A computerized method for identifying, ranking, and auditing configurable providers is described. The method receives and stores information about plural providers including provider name, provider icon, provider contact information, landing URL, configurables offered, geographical locations, and descriptions of configurables. The method receives a request from a computer that includes a geographic location. The method searches the stored information about providers in order to identify a list of provider servers that auto-configure configurables in the geographic location. The method sends information and the list of provider servers to the computer, and the sent information includes provider names, provider rank, provider landing URL, and descriptions of configurables. The method receives auditing information from the computer including a provider server selected from the list, a transaction for a selected configurable, and an indication that the selected configurable is operational. The method ranks provider servers based upon ranking factors including audit information received from plural computers.