Patent ID: 8671160

Claim:
A method for admitting an information provider to a system for transmitting information via a transmission device for transmitting information between information providers and information seekers, the method comprising: receiving test data transmitted by an information provider to the transmission device, the test data representing information offered by the information provider; evaluating the quality of the test data by the transmission device; admitting, by the transmission device, the information provider to the system for transmitting information between the information providers and the information seekers depending on the quality of the test data; and matching one or more information seekers with the information provider in response to information enquiry data from the one or more information seekers; wherein the admission of the information provider to the system for transmitting information between the information providers and the information seekers enables the information provider to provide information to the one or more information seekers in response to the information enquiry data from the one or more information seekers.