Patent ID: 8930245
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of identifying geospatial compatibility between consumers and providers of goods or services, the method comprising: (a) providing a server accessible through a data network by users including a set of first users and a set of second users, the first users and the second users being opposite ones of consumers and providers of goods or services; (b) (i) from a respective first electronic device that is operated by each one of said first users and presents a first user interface that prompts said each one of said first users to enter a plurality of coordinate points on a digital map of the first user interface to mark vertices between lines marking a boundary of a respective polygonal geographic area on the digital map, receiving of data on the respective polygonal geographic area by the server via the data network, and automatic storing of said data on the respective polygonal geographic area by the server; (c) carrying out of calculations by the server using the data on the respective geographic location specified by said each one of said second users and the data on the respective polygonal geographic area specified by said each one of said first users to automatically determine whether a coordinate point associated with the respective geographic location specified by said each one of said second users lies within the respective polygonal geographic area specified by said each one of said first users; and, through said calculations, automatically identifying at least one match in the form of a geospatially compatible pair comprising a matched one of said first users and a matched one of said second users for which the respective geographic location specified by the matched one of said second users lies within the respective polygonal geographic area specified by the matched one of said first users; and (d) based on the data on the at least one type of goods or services offered by said each one of said providers of goods or services and the geospatially compatible pair identified in step (c), generating of output data on a list of available types of goods or services by the server, and forwarding of said output data by the server to the respective electronic device of the consumer through the data network for display of said list to the consumer by said electric device.