Patent ID: 8135627
Filing Date: 2012-03-13
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of providing services via a computer network marketplace, the method comprising: enabling a customer in the computer network marketplace to access content regarding a service, wherein the content includes information relating to a plurality of vendors that offer the service; enabling the customer to select a vendor from the plurality of vendors; processing a transaction for the service between the customer and a vendor selected by the customer; accepting a payment from the customer for the service; associating a confirmation code with the transaction, wherein the confirmation code is known to the customer without being revealed to the vendor before performance of the service is completed; communicating to the vendor information relating to the transaction; instructing at least one of the customer and the vendor that payment to the vendor will be activated upon submission of the confirmation code; and after performance of the service, activating a payment to the vendor for the service in response to submission of the confirmation code.