Patent ID: 8022823
Filing Date: 2011-09-20
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system for soliciting repairs to an electromechanical device comprising: a signaling device for signaling a need for a repair to an associated electromechanical device; and a repair mediator which receives information related to an addressable fault with the electromechanical device and causes the signaling device to provide a signal indicating, to candidate repairers passing by the electromechanical device, the need for the repair to the device for which a reward is available to a candidate repairer for performing the repair, candidate repairers including not only users of the device but anyone passing by the electromechanical device, the repair mediator detecting a completion of the repair and providing the reward for the completed repair to the repairer or to a recipient designed by the repairer, wherein the repair mediator provides the reward for the completed repair by linking the reward to the repairer performing the repair.