Patent ID: 8326695

Claim:
An automated auctioning system for providing automated auctioning of a service, the automated auctioning system comprising: a database to store records including information about services provided by a web service provider; a computer, coupled to the database, and including software, which when executed by a processor in the computer, causes the computer to request a list of web service providers matching a profile, to receive a list of a plurality of web service providers matching the requested profile of a web service, to issue a first bid request to each entry on the list of the plurality of web service providers, and to collect bids from the web service providers based on the first bid request; to assess the bids according to customer needs stored in records in the database to create bid assessment score for each of the plurality of web service providers, the bid assessment scores calculated based on at least two of reliability, security and accuracy of the web service providers bid; and to select a web service provider with a highest bid assessment score.