Anticipatory mobile system service brokering and resource planning from multiple providers

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8010423
APP PUB NO 20040044605A1
SERIAL NO

10232246

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An opportunity server searches for potential vehicle repair transaction providers by receiving a signal from a mobile system indicating a need for a transaction with a business entity responsive to an on-board diagnostic detection of a real-time fault condition resulting in recording of a Diagnostic Trouble Code; automatically issuing requests for bids for the transaction to provider parties located in a first potential geographic point for repair service indicating estimated times of arrival at each geographic point; receiving offers from the provider parties; automatically coalescing the offers by screening to meet user preferences, and modifying and organizing into a format for uniform presentation to a user; presenting the coalesced offers to an operator of the mobile system; and automatically performing enterprise resource planning for a user-selected business transaction.

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONNEW ORCHARD ROAD ARMONK NY 10504

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bodin, William Kress Austin, US 182 6933
Clark, Bryan William Londonberry, US 11 174
Del, Pizzo, Jr John Richard Cranberry Township, US 1 11
Huff, David Patrick Cary, US 2 17
Karasick, Michael Austin, US 15 279
Kwok, Albert Chung-Chee Fremont, US 3 17
Stryjewski, Wojciech T Baton Rouge, US 2 44
Thorson, Derral Charles Austin, US 47 2189

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