Patent ID: 7305454

Claim:
A method for provisioning services, the method comprising: providing a service manager system operable to mediate messages sent with respect to a plurality of services of a plurality of different providers, wherein the services include different sets of one or more computer applications; receiving a first offer pertaining to a first service and a second offer pertaining to a second service that includes one or more computer applications that differ from the one or more computer applications of the first service, the first offer being provided by a first provider of the first service to which the first offer pertains and being transmitted from a first device to the service manager system, the second offer being provided by a second provider of the second service to which the second offer pertain and being transmitted from a second device to the service manager system; receiving identifying information regarding one or more first invitees to be invited to access the first service of the first offer, the identifying information regarding the one or more first invitees being transmitted from the first device to the service manager system, and receiving identifying information regarding one or more second invitees to be invited to access the second service of the second offer, the identifying information regarding the one or more second invitees being transmitted from the second device to the serve manager system; in response to receipt of the first offer and the identifying information regarding the one or more first invitees, providing by the service manager system an invitation to each of the one or more first invitees to access the first service of the first offer through the service manager system and based on the received identifying information regarding the one or more first invitees; and in response to receipt of the second offer and the identifying information regarding the one or more second invitees, providing by the service manager system an invitation to each of the one or more second invitees to access the second service of the second offer through the service manager system and based on the received identifying information regarding the one or more second invitees.