Patent ID: 6356909
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
A web based computer system for managing creation of a request for proposal (RFP) and responding to the RFP comprising:a web site accessible by qualified users; a question database accessible through the web site for storing a plurality of RFP questions; a first computer linked to the web and used by an RFP creator to create the RFP; means for selecting questions from the question database for use in the RFP; means for creating the RFP from the selected questions from the question database; means for storing the created RFP in a first location on the web site accessible by a selected RFP respondent; means for electronically notifying the selected RFP respondent; a response database linked to the question database and accessible through the web site for storing a plurality of responses; means for searching the response database for matching and selecting responses to the questions in the created RFP to generate a proposal in response to the RFP; a second computer linked to the web and used by the selected RFP respondent to create the proposal including selected responses from the response database; means for storing the generated proposal in a second location on the web site accessible by the RFP creator; means for electronically notifying the RFP creator; and means for storing the created RFP in a RFP database.