RECOGNIZING MISSING OFFERINGS IN A MARKETPLACE

摘要

A data fulfillment system is described herein that identifies data needs of data marketplace consumers and actively seeks out and attempts to fulfill those needs by adding new data and data providers to the marketplace. After a user enters a search, the system captures the search term(s). If no matching data is found, the data fulfillment system presents to the consumer a screen to suggest a new data offering and to provide a description of data for which the consumer was looking. The system then mines these consumer wants to seek partnerships programmatically by seeing who has this data or operates in this space. Thus, the data fulfillment system provides implicit and explicit ways for consumers to provide information describing data offerings that they want and for potential providers to learn about opportunities to fill current data gaps.