Patent ID: 6260019
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
A method of providing an electronic marketplace of predictions over a communications network, the method comprising:electronically receiving and storing at least one prediction of at least one supplier for at least one event whose outcome has not yet been determined;displaying a first screen requesting identifying information from a first consumer, determining at least one performance metric reflective of the accuracy of said at least one prediction, after the outcome of the event has been determined;displaying a second screen showing said performance metric, upon request by said first consumer;displaying a first supplier's prediction for a first upcoming event to said first consumer, upon request by that consumer to view said first supplier's prediction;debiting an account of said first consumer for requesting said first supplier's prediction; andcrediting an account of said first supplier, whose prediction for the first upcoming event has been displayed upon the request of said first consumer.