Patent ID: 9419946
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving a first request from a user, via a user device, for an estimate for a service, wherein the first request specifies criteria including a requirement that a provider of the service meet a predetermined threshold ranking for providers of the service based on user review ratings, wherein the user device includes two or more sensors providing sensor data including location data and temporal data, and wherein the first request is initiated by processing the sensor data to determine a need for the service; retrieving personal information associated with the user from a third party records database in response to the first request; anonymizing the retrieved personal information; generating a second request for the estimate for the service based on the anonymized personal information; transmitting the second request to one or more providers of the service; receiving one or more responses to the second request from the one or more providers, wherein the one or more responses include service cost information, service availability information, or a combination thereof; and presenting the one or more responses to the user as the estimate, wherein at a time of presenting two or more responses to the user from two or more providers, presenting the two or more responses in side by side view on the user device, and presenting a recommendation, based on the retrieved personal information, that the user use one of the two or more providers even though the ranking of the one provider is lower than the other of the two or more providers.