INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM TO ALLOCATE VENDUE EXCLUSIVITY RANKING (ISVAER)

摘要

Disclosed herein is an 'International System to Allocate Vendue Exclusivity Rankings' ('ISAVER') in which, within an ISAVER proprietary website, and in response to a query from a third party ('Customer'), data derived from ISAVER's database is displayed in such that display position is allocated based upon the results of a binding vendue. The ISAVER Administrator has complete control over all site processes, including determining the availability of all aspects of data, the data susceptible to a query and to be presented as a result of any query, including such things as the available listings (e.g., the service offered), the classifications in such listing (the Provider Option), the data available for a query, and the data obtained from each Provider. In addition to data requests, all Providers from a particular Geographical Area (GEO) determined by the Administrator, will be presented a list of Provider Options from which to choose. If any Provider requests exclusivity for a Provider Option, then the Administrator may, but need not, initiate a vendue whereby that Provider Option is offered to all Providers that have previously selected that Provider Option, or have selected the GEO in which the exclusivity for that Provider Option is being sought. At that point, eligible Providers are invited by the Administrator to join a vendue to determine ranking position in any result of a subsequent query pertaining to that Provider Option. All biographical, historical, Provider Options and Customer queries will be in multiple languages as selected by the ISAVER Administrator.