Patent ID: 7512544

Claim:
A computer implemented system for managing and processing supply and demand information for participants in an equipment market, the system comprising: a data processor programmed to receive and store electronically received data, designated by an user, as private information or public information and combinations thereof in a relational database in an electronic storage medium, wherein the computer implemented system assigns the private information an unique requirements reference number; a business logic engine comprising computer readable program code stored on a host computer wherein a business logic program code comprises: a search engine for selectively retrieving data from the relational database; an interface engine for communication between a system user and the data processor and the business logic engine whereby the business logic engine operates on data processed by the data processor and the interface engine displays the results of operation by the business logic engine, wherein the interface engine generates graphical output for creating an interactive chart view, wherein the interactive chart view is supported solely by a host computer, a means for generating a graphical user interface with a tabular output; and a communications engine for receiving a market inquiry on equipment from both a demand side market participant and a supply side market participant and forwarding the inquiry to the supply side market participant or the demand side market participant and for receiving a response to the inquiry from the supply side market participant or demand side market participant and forwarding the received response to the demand side market participant or supply side market participant, and wherein the equipment comprises drilling and production equipment for oil and natural gas.