Patent ID: 9256895
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for electronic searching as claimed, comprising: electronically storing, by at least one specially programmed computer processor, business information for a plurality of businesses in at least one dedicated database associated with the at least one specially programmed computer processor; wherein the business information for each business of the plurality of businesses comprises: a plurality of rating category scores, wherein each rating category score is associated with a corresponding rating category of a plurality of rating categories, wherein the plurality of rating categories comprise the following rating categories of: 1) service, 2) value, 3) ethics, 4) competence, 5) environment, and 6) price; wherein each rating category score in each rating category of the plurality of rating categories has been generated based, at least in part, on: electronically receiving, by a specially programmed computer processor, via at least one first specifically programmed graphical user interface (GUI), from a second computing device of a particular second consumer of a second plurality of consumers, a search query to identify at least one particular business from the plurality of businesses whose business information matches search criteria, wherein the search criteria comprise: electronically outputting, by the at least one specially programmed computer processor, to the second computing device of the particular second consumer of the second plurality of consumers particular business data of the at least one particular business whose business information has matched the search criteria.