Patent ID: 7603295
Filing Date: 2009-10-13
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for acquiring rights to lease a drilling rig comprising: a. authenticating a leassee of the drilling rig and enabling an authenticated leassee to communicate with a secure server; b. placing information about leassors of the drilling rig on the secure server; c. creating a bid request for the drilling rig of interest using technical requirements for the drilling rig of interest supplied by the authenticated leassee or technical requirements supplied by the secure server; d. storing the bid request, wherein the bid request is stored on a reporting and data storage module for providing reports and storing of data and information; e. creating a distribution list of leassors of the drilling rig by the authenticated leassee; f. communicating the bid request to leassors of the drilling rig, g. authenticating leassors of the drilling rig using the secure server to enable an authenticated leassors to draft a tender offer in reply to the bid request; h. transmitting the tender offer to leassees over the network and saving the tender offer to the secure server; i. creating a short list of authenticated leassors and leassors of the drilling rig based on the tender offer; j. selecting the tender offer from the short list of authenticated leassors and leassors which most closely fills tender requirements of the leassee; k. accepting the tender offer.