| 摘要 |
In some embodiments, the instant invention provides a programmed industry management computer system, having at least: a specialized computer machine, having a processor for executing program code, performing upon the execution: operating an electronic space, allowing: a plurality of consumers to submit ratings that rate on a merit a plurality of businesses in rating categories of: service, value, ethics, competence, environment, and price; generating sales opportunities for businesses by performing: personality matching between the consumers and the businesses, and allowing the consumers to search for the businesses; and providing services, products, or both, to the businesses to improve consumer service and consumer ratings; in real-time, determining a monetary amount to be paid by a particular consumer for a consumer activity; based on the consumer activity performed by the particular consumer, in real-time, determining a monetary amount to be paid by a particular business for a lead option. |
| 主权项 |
1. A method being implemented by an improved computer system programmed for pricing in accordance with the method, comprising:
operating, by a specially programmed industry management computer system, at least one electronic portal that allows at least the following activities:
i) a plurality of consumers to electronically rate a plurality of businesses, by utilizing respective computing devices electronically accessing the at least one electronic portal over a computer network and submitting responses to at least one consumer rating survey having a predetermined number of questions, wherein the predetermined number of questions are divided into a plurality of groups, wherein each group of questions is correlated to a respective rating category of a plurality of rating categories, comprising at least the following rating categories:
1) service,2) value,3) ethics,4) competence,5) environment, and6) price;wherein the specially programmed industry management computer system analyzes the responses based, at least in part, on predictive analytics to calculate or recalculate a plurality of rating category scores for each rated business, wherein the plurality of rating category scores comprise each respective rating category score for each respective rating category of the plurality of rating categories, comprising at least the following rating categories:1) service,2) value,3) ethics,4) competence,5) environment, and6) price; andii) generating sales opportunities for the plurality of businesses by performing at least one of:
1) personality matching between the plurality of consumers and the plurality of businesses based on personality psychometric surveys completed by consumers and businesses, and2) allowing the plurality of consumers to electronically search data about the plurality of businesses to obtain information comprising the plurality of rating category scores for each rated business; wherein the plurality of businesses comprise at least one thousand businesses; wherein the plurality of consumers comprise at least one thousand consumers; causing, by the specially programmed industry management computer system, via the computer network, to concurrently display at least one first graphical user interface to the plurality of consumers at the respective computing devices, wherein the at least one first graphical user interface is configured to allow each consumer to query at least one dedicated database, having the data about the plurality of businesses, based, at least in part, on at least one pricing tier of a plurality of pricing tiers, comprising: i) at least one first pricing tier, wherein the first pricing tier allows each consumer to query the at least one dedicated database having data about the plurality of businesses both, based at least in part on:
1) ranked filtering criteria obtained from such consumer, wherein the ranked filtering criteria are ranked rating categories utilized for ranking the plurality of businesses, wherein the rating categories comprise at least the following rating categories: a) service, b) value, c) ethics, d) competence, e) environment, and e) price, and2) the plurality of rating category scores, and3) at least one geographical location; ii) at least one second pricing tier, wherein the second pricing tier allows each consumer to further refine query results returned, by the specially programmed industry management computer system, in response to at least one query performed under the at least one first pricing tier, by utilizing a personalized two-way personality matching, performed, by the specially programmed industry management computer system, between such consumer and at least one particular business, being identified in the query results returned in response to the at least one query performed under the at least one first pricing tier, wherein the specially programmed industry management computer system performs the personalized two-way personality matching based at least in part on:
1) first responses to at least one first personality psychometric survey completed by such customer and2) second responses to at least one second personality psychometric survey completed by the at least one particular business,3) wherein a particular price of the at least one second pricing tier is based, at least in part, on how many psychometric questions are in the at least one first personality psychometric survey and the at least one second personality psychometric survey; and iii) wherein pricing of the at least one second pricing tier is higher than pricing of the at least one first pricing tier; in real-time, determining, by the specially programmed industry management computer system, a first monetary amount to be paid by a particular consumer for querying the at least one dedicated database, having data about the plurality of businesses, based at least in part on: i) the pricing of the at least one first pricing tier, ii) the pricing of the at least one second pricing tier; in real-time, electronically charging, by the specially programmed industry management computer system, the first monetary amount to at least one first account associated with the particular consumer; based on the querying performed for the particular consumer, in real-time, determining, by the specially programmed industry management computer system, a second monetary amount to be paid by a particular business for at least one lead option selected from the group consisting of: i) displaying an action icon to the particular consumer, being selectable for a real-time electronic communication with the particular business, ii) making the particular business being selectable on the first graphical user interface for the comparison with at least one other business, and iii) making the particular business being available to participate in the personalized two-way personality matching with the particular consumer; and in real-time, electronically charging, by the specially programmed industry management computer system, the second monetary amount to at least one second account identified by the particular business. |
