Patent ID: 9400845
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method of discovering new service providers, the method comprising: displaying a graphical user interface GUI that enables a first user to enter current search data to perform a search for service providers of a service; performing a current search using current search terms within the current search data and prior search terms within prior search data for the same service entered by a second user to generate a list of service providers that provide the service, wherein the current search terms differ from the prior search terms; adding the current search data to the prior search data to generate combined search data including the current and prior search terms to enable a subsequent search for the same service to be performed using the combined search data if results of the current search includes a number of service providers for the same service exceeding a threshold number; and filtering out the service providers from the list that were previously employed by a given entity.