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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2010
Cyrill Osterwalder, Dachsen, CH;
Roger Caspar, Dallikon, CH;
Cyrill Osterwalder, Dachsen, CH;
Roger Caspar, Dallikon, CH;
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for brokering of know-how in various formats between users on an electronic Web service platform includes: allowing users access to the electronic Web service platform, requesting registration data from a user on the platform, managing interest area categories, receiving user offers for know-how in at least one interest area category, enabling searches of users for know-how in at least one interest area category, calculating and displaying a rating in respect of offers in at least one interest area category, approving to a selected offer an agreed exchange of know-how and a corresponding transfer of credit points, conveying selected know-how from the provider to the consumer and booking a corresponding transfer of credit points, and accepting and storing a rating given to the provider by the consumer in respect of the transferred know-how, wherein the rating is assigned to the interest area category of the transferred know-how.