Patent ID: 7729944

Claim:
A system for purchasing several types of telecommunication services available from a plurality of sellers, the system comprising: a server in communication with a buyer terminal and a plurality of seller terminals, wherein the server performs a method stored in a storage medium and executed by one or more processors comprising: enabling a buyer to create one or more requests for proposal for the several types of telecommunications services available from the plurality of sellers; presenting the several types of telecommunication services available from the plurality of sellers to the buyer terminal; enabling the buyer to select at least one type of telecommunication service from the several types of telecommunication services; receiving one or more requests for purchasing at least one type of telecommunication service selected from the several types of telecommunication services at the server, the one or more requests being associated with the buyer; receiving information from the buyer during the purchase of at least one type of telecommunication service regarding prior usage of the selected at least one type of telecommunication services of the buyer associated with a previous seller of telecommunication service; receiving a plurality of questions from the buyer during the purchase of at least one type of telecommunication service, the questions being associated with the selected at least one type of telecommunication services; verifying the identity of the buyer from a plurality of data sources; generating an offer to provide the selected at least one type of telecommunication service to the buyer in response to receiving the one or more requests and receiving the information, the offer being associated with a provider of telecommunication services; receiving a response to the offer, wherein the response is associated with the buyer, and wherein the response may be an acceptance of the offer or a rejection of the offer; and notifying the provider of the response and an identity of the buyer.