Patent ID: 8548870
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: qualifying a user, via a computer processor, to join a transaction-based social network for a life science vertical industry based on a minimum set of qualifications; adding the user, once qualified, to the transaction-based social network; creating an opportunity from input received by the user, the input specifying criteria with respect to the offer and to a target user community; identifying, via the computer processor, members of the target user community in the transaction-based social network based on the criteria, the target user community comprising at least a subset of the transaction-based social network; posting the opportunity over the transaction-based social network to the members of the target user community; receiving at least one response from the target user community, the at least one response indicative of a bid to accept the opportunity; providing a view of the bid for the user within a user interface, receiving acceptance of the bid from the user via the user interface, and upon acceptance of the bid, executing a transaction based on a pre-negotiated fee; validating regulatory compliance of content that is subject to exchange over the transaction-based social network, the content forming at least part of the transaction, the regulatory compliance mandated for the life science vertical industry; and providing the user with access to a compensation manager executable by the computer processor, the compensation manager providing a user interface configured to manage at least one of receipts, receivables, payments, and payables associated with the transaction with respect to the pre-negotiated fee.