Patent ID: 7212990

Claim:
A computer implemented method for finding a prospective buyer and providing the identity of the buyer to agents offering for sale at least one of products and services, the method comprising using a computer to perform the following process actions: providing the buyer with an interactive environment having information relating to the products or services offered by the agents; creating a profile of the buyer by inferring criteria desired by the buyer by gathering statistics of products or services previously browsed or selected based on the buyer's interaction with the interactive environment, wherein the statistics are analyzed to determine the most common characteristics; creating a database of buyer profiles and defining groups of specific criteria based on the characteristics for specific buyers; comparing the profile with criteria of products or services offered by the agents to match a suitable agent with a suitable buyer based on the created profile of the buyer by automatically matching specific products or services of the agents that the buyer has a potential interest in based on the created profile of the buyer; and automatically providing the identity of the suitable buyer that would allow direct contact of the buyer by the suitable agent to the suitable agent without the suitable agent having to request additional information.