Patent ID: 6622131
Filing Date: 2003-09-16
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A method performed by a computing device, the method comprising:receiving first information about a customer; to at least first and second loan sources, outputting second information enabling the first and second loan sources to determine whether to offer a loan to the customer for financing an item, including at least a portion of the first information; from the first and second loan sources, receiving submissions of respective first and second offers for providing the loan to the customer for financing the item, the first and second offers being submitted by the first and second loan sources in response to the second information and in a manner that commits to provide the loan if accepted by the customer; identifying at least one of the first and second offers as being most favorable; to the customer, outputting third information about the identified offer, including an identity of at least one of the loan sources that submitted the identified offer.