Patent ID: 9159090
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: in response to a request for services received from a requestor, retrieving, with a computer, multiple different web firms over a web from a plurality of service providers, wherein each of multiple different web forms is associated with a corresponding service provider of the plurality of service providers; building, with the computer, a standardized web form using statistical classification of the multiple different web forms, wherein using the statistical classification of the multiple different web forms comprises using an expectation-maximization algorithm with constraints; populating, with the computer, the multiple different web forms using information entered into the standardized web form by the requestor; transmitting, with the computer, the multiple different web forms to the corresponding service providers of the plurality of service providers to obtain price quotes for the services; and providing the price quotes from the plurality of service providers to the requestor.