Patent ID: 8700460
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented system for exchanging sales leads among a plurality of companies, said computer-implemented system being implemented via a computer network, said computer-implemented system comprising: a database for receiving and storing profile data pertaining to said plurality of companies and offering data pertaining to at least one of a product and a service offered by at least a first company of said plurality of companies; first data presentation arrangement structure configured for enabling a second company of said plurality of companies to view said data pertaining to said at least one of said product and said service and to facilitate ascertaining by said second company whether said at least one of said product and said service represents a complementary offering with an offering of said second company; matching structure configured for accepting bid data from at least a second company of said plurality of companies, said bid data pertaining to a bid for a price that said second company is willing to pay when a transaction involving said at least one of said product and said service is conducted by a customer of said first company; second data presentation arrangement structure configured for enabling said first company to accept or reject said bid; and sales lead data exchange structure for executing sales lead data exchange pertaining to said customer if said bid is accepted by said first company, including providing qualification questions furnished by said second company to said first company for presenting to said customer and providing profile data of said customer, including the responses to said qualification questions, from said first company to said second company.