Timothy N Stephenson

US Patent:

20160110788, Apr 21, 2016

Filed:

Oct 20, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/918180

Inventors:

- Atlanta GA, US
Timothy Nelson Stephenson - Milton GA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 30/06
G06Q 10/08
G06Q 30/02

Abstract:

Various embodiments are directed to systems and methods for requesting commodities/items from a plurality of competing vendors. In various embodiments, vendor information/data indicative of commodities/items offered by each vendor is received and stored, request information/data is received from a consumer indicative of the commodities/items desired, as well as any additional request parameters. The system filters the vendor information/data to identify those vendors who satisfy the request parameters, and displays a graphical user interface identifying these vendors to the consumer. The consumer may then select one or more of the identified vendors, and the system enables access to a bidding tool for each of the selected vendors to submit a detailed bid/response to provide the goods or services to the consumer. The consumer may then select one or more of the bids/responses and confirm the commodities/items requested.