Patent ID: 7904328
Filing Date: 2011-03-08
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An automated shopping system in which a user places an order for at least one provider, a degree of matching between each order-provider pairing is computed, and a score reported to at least the user and optionally to the at least one provider, the automated shopping system comprising: at least one processor to receive and process information including at least one of (a) user information from at least one user including (i) information that specifies provider criteria including identification of provider information to be verified and (ii) order information that specifies order criteria for that particular order, (b) provider information from at least one provider, and (c) third party information; at least one data storage device that communicates with the at least one processor, that includes at least one database, and that receives and stores the information in the at least one database; a knowledge base stored in a data storage device and containing information on which to base requests for information by the system; a virtual provider created within the at least one processor by pairing provider information of a particular provider with order information of a particular order to create an informational pair and stored within the at least one database; an iterative scoring system within the at least one processor that compares the provider information of a particular provider and the order information of a particular order within each respective informational pair, determines a score reflecting a degree of matching for each respective informational pair, communicates with the at least one processor and saves the score for each respective informational pair in the at least one database, the iterative scoring system including a scoring correction system within the at least one processor, that determines whether a score is based on complete information or whether additional information and determination of a revised score is required, the scoring correction system including: