Patent ID: 8301492

Claim:
A method of matchmaking a searching consumer to a desired business by the searching consumer, the method comprising: entering information in search criteria in a computer interface executed on a CPU and a memory unit of a computer system to seek the desired business offering a particular product or service; finding a relevant business profile to the search criteria in the computer interface; comparing a profile of the searching consumer with the relevant business profile executed on the CPU and the memory unit of the computer system to derive a Searching Consumer to Business Match Score (SCBMS) from the computer system; comparing one or more profiles of one or more business evaluators with the relevant business profile executed on the CPU and the memory unit of the computer system to derive a Consumer to Business Match Score (CBMS), wherein the Consumer to Business Match Score (CBMS) is either calculated dynamically from the CPU and the memory unit of the computer system or retrieved from a database; deriving a Consumer Status Score (CSS) from the searching consumer and the one or more business evaluators who rated the desired business, wherein the Consumer Status Score (CSS) calculated from the CPU and the memory unit of the computer system measures a difference between a first business rating tendency displayed by the searching consumer against a second business rating tendency displayed by the one or more business evaluators; comparing the one or more profiles of the one or more business evaluators with the profile of the searching consumer to derive a Searching Consumer to Consumer Match Score (SCCMS) calculated from the CPU and the memory unit of the computer system; and deriving a Consumer to Business Rating (CSBR) calculated from the CPU and the memory unit of the computer system based on at least one Consumer Given Rating (CSGR) of the desired business by the one or more business evaluators and the Searching Consumer to Consumer Match Score (SCCMS).