AU2008101052A4 - Method/program product/system to prescribe and supply customers with goods, medications and health products with assistance of on line Directory of Service Providers - Google Patents

Method/program product/system to prescribe and supply customers with goods, medications and health products with assistance of on line Directory of Service Providers Download PDF

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AU2008101052A4
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Specification! Text of the Patent 00 O Method/program product/system to prescribe and supply customers with goods, medications and health products with assistance of on line Directory of Service Providers.
O A Service Provider of Health Industry should consider financial aspects of care and have an O ability to take a responsible action on any problem the patient presents, whether or not it forms 00 part of an ongoing service provider-client relationship. A patient attending a Medical Practitioner or Allied Health Provider (Health Provider) requests an advice often associated with purchasing of recommended goods, medications and health products.
t The Intemrnet is an invaluable source marketing tool for patients. However, finding what is needed quickly or even knowing that resources exist on the Intemrnet can be a challenge. The invented SMethod is for health provides who wish to advise the patients to try an alternative way of supply with needed medication good or health product. In fact that is an attempt to introduce a website 0with a technology able to create a network of pharmacies "on line" working within an electronic Odirectory of services created by service providers of Health Industry.
The Method assists to share profit between direct participants of on line sale equal 20-50 of wholesale price with a key role of the Health Provider responsible for the advice, prescribing and patient management.
The aims of the Invented Method /Program Product/System are: 1. Introduce invented technology able to register, use, store and retrieve on line, import and export of applications for sale of a particular format suitable to support a network of service providers to give patients an opportunity to choose between sources of supply with recommended by health providers medications, goods or health products.
2. Direct national and international customers to use the directory of services to explore the sources of supply with medications, goods or health products recommended by the registered on the Website health providers, participate in on line sale and receive the order directly from the stock of the companies holding the stock with advertised fixed prices.
3. Control distribution of profit from on line sale of goods, medications or health products recommended by registered on the website service providers with a key role of health providers responsible for management of patients and advising about national and international sources of supply.
The aims are reached by modification of prescription pattern of prescribers and assistance of software to improve business communication between prescribers and companies holding the stock of needed medications, goods or products. This invented software working as an electronic directory of services and as a tool for marketing and E-Shopping is available on website for patients, prescribers, pharmacists and the companies holding the stock (including wholesale companies). The Method/Program Product/System assists patients to order, purchase and receive prescribed medication good or product directly from the companies. While using the Method the Health providers (prescribers) registered on the website can attract profit from trading companies to receive the recommended mark -up: approximately 20- 50 of advertised on the Internet fixed price of the order (depending on agreement with the company holding the stock) in a form of a monthly cheque or credit to Bank Account from the company dispatching the orders by fixed price. The invented Method based on addressing of customers to on line Directory of Service Providers can optimise usage of health resources and depending on 00 national regulations increase income of health providers using the Method.
0 The Method is for health providers (medical practitioners and allied health providers) and _institutions such as Call centres, Divisions of General Practice or Area Health Services or O Business Centres to orient the profit from distribution of medications, goods and health products 0 for health providers and patients. Sharing of the profit between prescribers and wholesale 00 companies or companies holding the stock and dispatching order by fixed prices after transferring money for the order on the bank accounts of the companies by patients (customers) is conducted on the base of agreement and opening Accounts for prescribers within the companies. The Method is to address Intemrnet Byers to use the Website for E-Shopping and assist registered on the Website service providers to exploit an Order System and Accounts opened with wholesale companies or companies holding the stock to trade and advertise fixed prices on line to supply customers directly from the stock to nominated address. The Method 0assists to process on line applications for sale of a particular format suitable to support a network 0of service providers. These applications imported to the System by the registered on the Website 0 Service providers are organised in the database of the directory of services in a way to assist Internet users to locate sources of supply with prices published on line and recommended by registered on the website (Website) service providers and proceed with purchase on line.
Method/program product/system to prescribe and supply customers with goods, medications and health products with assistance of on line Directory of Service Providers is based on addressing of the clients to the website with interactive software for the customers to locate the sources of supply and purchase on line. The Method can be used nationally and internationally.
Implementing the Method a Health Provider (Prescriber) modifies a script to assist a patient to learn prices for prescribed medication, good or product on line and choose an alternative way to order, purchase and receive the order from sources recommended by the Prescriber. The script is modified by adding to the suitable fields of the script the name of the recommended website (Website) and Reference Number associated with the source of supply. This Website, working as an electronic directory of services for registered on the website service providers of Health Industry (including health providers, prescribers and pharmacists) has own invented search engine and structured hierarchical database to assist the patients to find alternative ways to get the recommended order. Typing of the Reference Number in search line of the Website and search by the Reference Number assists a patient (Buyer) to identify the needed item for purchase, price in national currency and a source of supply in one click. The search on the Website by name of requested service, medication or product assists a Buyer to know prices for the items and take a choice to buy from sources of supply advertised on the Website. The Buyer is able then to follow on line instructions to purchase the order on line or to use a Customer Order System available with assistance of the Website and delegate responsibility to purchase the order to a Call Centre or any other Institution recommended on the Website by the Prescriber who published fixed prices for the Items of order for the patients. Using E-Shopping on line or with the assistance of the Call Centre the Buyer transfer money to the Bank account of the company responsible to dispatch the order to nominated by the Buyer address directly from own stocks by the price for the Buyer advertise on the Website by a Prescriber. The company updates the Account of the Prescriber opened with the agreement between the Prescriber and the Company for the Prescriber to share profit from sale on line. With the modified by the Prescriber script the patient can attend a local Pharmacy to request a supply from sources of the Pharmacy.
A Pharmacist can charge the patient and order the prescribed good, medication or health product from recommended by the Prescriber source or from other sources of supply the Chemist traditionally use. The Method is to facilitate on line sale with specially designed software on the website supporting Customer Order System for patients and Order System Accounts opened for 00 their Health Providers by the companies (including wholesale companies) holding the stock of O requested by patients medications, goods and products. The companies are able to supply patients by private script or with assessment of the patient entitlement to benefits under the _Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) and Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme O(RPBS) or Special Authority and determine payments due to pharmacists. Depending on national O regulations the companies can or can not accept electronic signatures of the Prescriber and the 00 Buyer. The companies can dispatch the order to the patient address directly from the stock and update the Account of the Prescriber to monitor the volume of sale. If the electronic signatures are not recognised by national authorities or required order is not for mailing/ courier delivery then a Buyer should attend the Pharmacy for assistance. A pharmacist in the case can use own sources of supply or recommended by a prescriber source to order. A profit from sale for a _Prescriber is guaranteed by agreement with the company holding the stock (wholesale companies, pharmacies) responsible for maintaining Order System Account of the Prescriber.
The patient can purchase the recommended order by price less then normal retail price. The price 00 0advertised on the website can be less then retail price from others sources of supply but higher or Oequal to the wholesale price or the price of the company holding the stock. On the base of the agreement a prescriber is entitled to receive a recommended mark up to approximately 20-50 of the fixed price published. Depending on the volume of sale the Account of the prescriber can be updated accordingly with an opportunity to receive a monthly cheque or credit to the bank account or on account of the institution assisting the implementation of the Method (Call Centres, Divisions of General Practices or other institutions approved by Authorities). The Method allows for a Health Provider to be a key person to distribute the profit between participants of the sale on line. As the Method can be implemented for supply of the Buyer by order not related to prescribing of medications any registered on the Website service provider can open an Order System Account with a prospective wholesale company willing to increase sale and advertise own business details and prices.
The Method works with invented way to register, use, store and retrieve on line, import and export of an application for sale of a particular format named Price Line Application (PLA). That assists to maintain the Customer Order System for Buyers (Patients) and Order System Accounts for Registered in the System Health Providers (Prescribers). Each Price Line application (PLA) includes name and price of the service, good or product with set expiry date and can be registered with a Reference Number. The search by reference Number on the website can retrieve associated PLA even after expiry date when the PLA is not available for advertising on line. Usage the Reference Number can retrieve not only associated PLA but and the source of supply the client with needed medication, good or product. The invented method to process on line applications for sale unites pharmacies advertised the prices on line in a network of pharmacies "on line" with ability of the Search Engine of the System to locate the cheapest PLA with search by name of the prescribed medication, good or health product. That can assist the patient to choose between choices of supply and buy the order on line and pay the money on the bank account of the company holding the stock and request a delivery to nominated address or delegate the purchase to a Call Centre (business Centre) to organise the delivery. The Method assists with a supply of the order requested by script in any place of the world where Internet excess is available and a company holding the stock of medication, good or product maintains the Order System Account of the Health Provider (Prescriber). Invented Method provides Health Provider with a profit from sale on the base of agreement with the company holding the stock.
The delivery of ordered goods or products to the Patient from the company holding the stock is conducted without money exchange between registered in the System prescriber and the Patient. The invented software assists to distribute the order by script from approved by Authority sources directly to the patients by fixed price based on PBS (Public Benefit Scheme) regulations or deliver the order with other items for sale by fixed price recommended and advertised by the registered on the website prescriber. The method guarantees a profit from sale 00 to a Prescriber and has a potential for supply of the patient with requested medication, good or 0 product by script or assistance of technology using an electronic signature of the Prescriber. The Method can be used by national and international databases (existing websites for E-Shopping) able to accept exported from the System registered Price Line Applications to advertise O registered in the System service providers. The System is able to import suitable for the System O Price line application to be integrated in Internet as an ETMS (Electronic Tool for Marketing and 00 E-Shopping.
The Method is very easy to use by prescriber and patients and pharmacists. Adjustment of the script trigs the action of patients to attend the local pharmacy or explore use the Method to locate an alternative source of supply. The patient can use the website, locate alternative source of supply and follow instructions on line. The introduced Methos and software allows to supply the patient with medications requested special Authority or criteria to supply under PBS (Public SBenefit Scheme).
00 0Interaction of a Health Provider registered in the System with Internet User (Buyer) using the OCustomer Order System is shown on attached Diagram 1 where: ETMS- Electronic Tool for Marketing and E-Shopping selects and processes PLA PLA Price Line Application (Name and price of service, good or product with expiry date) DEA- Data Exchange Application (Details of Registered in the System Service Provider) Access of patients to alternative sources of supply recommended by Health Providers registered on the Website is shown on attached Diagram 2.
Several service providers registered in the System can import to the System PLA with identical content of the same stock holding company with the same price for the advertised good or product, however each PLA will be registered with a unique Reference Number for identification purposes. The System can identify the source of supply and a service provider who imported the PLA to the system and publish fixed prices for customers on line. The System is able to retrieve associated with registered PLA details of the advertiser by search with Reference Number so PLA may not include the details of an advertiser.
To use the Method a recognised Health Provider with rights to prescribe should: 1. Modify a prescription pattern by printing or writing in designated areas of the script the name of Website and a Reference Number of PLA associated with recommended source of supply.
The name of the Website with a Directory of Health Providers can be imprinted with business details of a Health Provider. A Reference Number of the PLA associated with the source of supply can be printed in the area of the script designated for additional instructions The script should meet all national criteria for prescribing and not restrict the rights of a consumer to choose between sources of supply.
Nationally approved prescription forms can be used with Identification Number imprinted on each script or/ and added by the assisting software to prescribe along with patient and prescriber details. These details may include a Prescriber Number, Pharmaceutical benefits entitlement number and permission for Brand substitution. The script may be marked as "Private" or, depending on national regulations, reflects the patient entitlement to benefits under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) and Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (RPBS) or Special Authority to determine payments. With the consent of the patient 0a collection of information from the script is a subject for national regulations. For example O in Australia the collection of the information is authorised by National Health Act 1953 and may be disclosed to the Department of Health and Aging, Department of Veteran Affairs and Department of Human Services or as authorised /required by law. This information may also O be disclosed to doctors and pharmacists. The arrangement of the Account of a Prescriber is O needed with assistance of a Pharmacist to determine the price for Items of PBS or RPBS and 00 confirm the electronic signatures of the prescriber and the patient to supply the patient with the items ordered directly from the stock. A copy of the script with all details can be retained in the records of the Health Provider for audit or reference purposes. Confirmation of the electronic signatures is organised by request from the Account manager with available on the market software to synchronise the data between the prescriber database and institution updating the Account of the health provider and responsible for delivery of the order. If the electronic signatures are not authorised then the script (or processing of the script number) is 0needed to authorise dispatch or routine assistance of pharmacies to organise delivery and 0then supply the patient via established network in a due course as shown on the Diagram 2.
OThe transport companies (couriers) can be registered using on line Directory of Service Providers.
Modification of the script includes only adding needed information to address patients to alternative sources of supply using on line Directory of Service Providers.
2. Advise the patient about sources to get the order from pharmacies or from alternative source of on line supply with the assistance of the Website and Reference Number shown on the script.
Typing of the Reference Number in search line of the recommended website and search by the Reference Number assists a patient (Buyer) to identify the needed item for purchase, price and a source of supply in one click. The search on the website by name of requested service, medication or product assists a Buyer to know prices for the items to buy from other sources of supply offering on line sale or assisting with order.
3. Register on line on the website and open with assistance of the website instructions or supportive software available on line Order System Account of the Health Provider with a prospective company holding the stock of medications, goods and products and willing to increase volume of sale on line. The Prescriber can supply the company with a Certificate of Credentials and Registration Number if requested by national Authorities to prove the identity and rights to prescribe.
4. Publish on the website fixed prices for medication, goods or orders available for the patients to buy on line or with assistance of recommended by the health provider Call Centre.
Make an agreement with the company holding the stock about dispatching the orders and sharing profit from sale to receive the recommended mark -up: approximately 20- 50 or less of whole price (depending on Agreement with the company holding the stock) in a form of a monthly cheque or credit to Bank Account from the company dispatching the orders by fixed price. A privilege to use the Method can attract extra financial resources to health providers (prescribers).
6. If the Pharmacy is registered on the website as a Service Provider) and published the prices on line then a patient using the Website can learn prices for prescribed medication requesting the search by name of the medication, good or product and choose the source of supply. The patient can request the supply with assistance of any pharmacy "on line" and compare prices using the website and search of available Price Line Applications by name of the prescribed Items.
To use the Method the patient should: 00 O 1. Receive a Scrip from the Health Provider registered on the Website or written advice to simplify the search on line of recommended medication, good or health product.
2. Use the Website and type the Reference Number in the search line requesting the Search, O locate the source of the supply and proceed with instructions to purchase or order and on O line or delegate a responsibility to a Call Centre or other recommended institution.
00 3. Attend any Pharmacy able to supply the patient with requested medications, good or order from own stock or order from own sources or use the recommended by the Health Provider (Prescriber) source of supply to engage the Order System Account of the prescriber opened within the company holding the stock of needed goods or health 1 product. The Pharmacist can order by request of the patient and charge the patient for the _order (using fixed price associated with PLA and Reference Number on the script) and Sservice provided and transfer needed amount of money on the account of the company 0responsible for delivery of the order. It is up to the Pharmacist and the Patient to proceed 0with the most suitable for the patient way to get recommended medication.
A patient may locate on line the price for prescribed medication, good or product using the website as a directory of services and requesting the search by name of the medication, good or product and consider the source of getting the order.
To use the Method companies holding the stock of medications, goods and products should: 1. Register on the recommended website for Internet Users and prescribers can learn about the company and products available.
2. Prepare clear instructions available for downloading from the website, e-mailing, mailing or transferring by Fax to a prospective Prescriber to learn the policy of the company related usage of the Order System, and deliver prescribed medications, goods or health product to the patients who transferred money for the order on Bank Account of the company.
3. Open a Customer Order System Account (a 30 day credit account) for an interested Prescriber wiling to supply the patients with requested medications, goods or product with assistance of the Order System 4. Supply a Prescriber with needed information about business communication with participants of sale on line, available technical advice from the company Technical Consultants with Phone Number available for the Prescriber.
Supply a Prescriber according to the agreement with the recommended mark-up in the form of a monthly cheque or credit to their accounts and an end of month statement about goods and products.
6. Comply with national regulations to dispatch an order with medications of PBS (Public Benefit Scheme) of with Authority if the supply by the Prescriber Script and request of the patients needs physical presence of the patient or acceptance of electronic signature of the Prescriber or the patient is recognised by the Authorities.
7. Be or not be a wholesale company. For the Prescriber the most important is to have the Customer Order System Account opened with prices published on the Website for the recommended products less then normal prices for retail in other sources of supply. As a subject for national regulation the account for Prescribers can be opened by Local Pharmacies.
To improve business communication with participants of on line sale the company holding the stock may consider the next actions: a) The company holding the stock can use own Customer Order System and 00 maintain the Accounts of prescribers. Only in case of confusion with the order the O company holding the stock of medications, goods or products can use the Website and type the claimed by Patient or Call Centre the Reference Number to search _and identify the Prescriber and the Price Line Application to update the Account bof the Prescriber and avoid confusion while dispatching he order.
O b) The company holding the stock should agree with a Prescriber to share profit 00 from sale on line.
c) Downloading from the website information related to liability of parties involved in on line sale of prescribed medications, good or health products bases on national and international regulations.
_To use the Method the pharmacies "on line" or local pharmacy should:
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S1. Register under subcategory "Pharmacy" on the recommended website working with 0invented technology to register, use, store and retrieve on line, import and export of the Oapplication for sale on line of some Items of the Pharmacy stock 2. Advertise prices for medications, good or health products of the pharmacy stock on line available for the patients.
3. Open Customer Order System Accounts for prospective health provides (prescribers) interested to refer their patients to get a supply of prescribed medications, goods or health product on line or while attending the Pharmacy.
4. Provide patients with clear instructions based on national regulations related to supply of the order, responsibilities of parties during supply the patients by private script or with PBS/ RPBS/ Special Authority.
(Public Benefit Scheme) Medications or medications requested special Authority.
Join the transport network to deliver the order while using the Customer Order System.
The instructions to participants of on line sale and arrangement to implement the Method are associated with an adjustment of a prescription pattern of a Prescriber. A Prescriber can work with assisting Software to print out the script and retain the copy of the script in the health provider records or the prescriber can write the script. As the content of the script and detail of Prescriber depend on national regulations and the rights of prescriber (doctors and allied health providers have different rights and responsibilities) the key point is to register the script and put in useful for the patient information to locate the alternative recommended source of supply and do not restrict options of the patient to get the order from conventional sources (local pharmacy). The information added is to assist a pharmacist and not to prevent the supply of the patient with recommended order from other sources. Most standard national forms for insertion (imprinting) of the content of written order to supply the patient already marked with a unique Script Number for audit purposes. This Script Number can be printed in by the software assisting to print out the script or can be found on the back side of the forms. Adding to the Script the information about alternative source of supply in combination with this unique Script Number (already imprinted to the script) is a key point to supply the patient nationally under PBS or RPBS or with Special Authority and a Pharmacist is needed to determine the price.
By Private Script a patient may purchase the order just claiming the Reference Number from the Script and using the Order System to receive the order. That can assist Prescribers including Allied Health Providers to use the Method and share profit from sale on line while organising the stream of patient to the chosen company. The invented Program Product assists to transfer electronically the request of the Prescriber to a company able to supply the patient with recommended order including medications on PBS and RPBS or needed special Authority if the request to supply the patient with the order is made by claiming the content of the script with the unique Script Number and the Reference number of the recommended order from the website available for the company receiving payment from the patient and responsible for 00 dispatching of the order.
O Invented software assists the company to retrieve on line the details of Prescriber to update the Account. The company can request the original scrip or accept the electronic signature of the Patient or Health Provider (Prescriber). As the patient signs the papers related to Health S Provider- Patient relationship during consultation and the script with unique Script Number 0 and Reference Number is retained in the records and the patient received the script then the 00 electronic signature of the patient (and the Prescriber) can be requested by the company dispatching the order and received electronically. The introduced Method assists during audit and purposes of reimbursement if requested. From records of a Prescriber the script with the Reference Number assists to retrieve on line PLA with price and the source of supply. The Script Number matched with records of the company responsible for dispatching of the order proves _the electronic signatures and validates the delivery. The company holding the stock of recommended medications goods or products can or can be not a local Pharmacy with or without 0opened account for the Prescriber. The patient received the modified script can use all available 0sources of supply including the alternative source with assistance of the Website.
The benefits for the clients from usage of the Method and Program Product are: 1. The Method provides rapid access to complete range of services, goods and products for sale of registered in the System Prescribers with available Customer Order System.
2. The Method enables prescribers to supply customers who are unable to attend the registered service provider due to distance or disability. The Method and invented software improves business communication of participants of sale on line and assist to open Order System Accounts with credits for the System service providers. The assistance can be welcome by the stockholding companies as that can increase volume of sale.
3. Patients (Buyers) can pay directly to the bank accounts of companies holding the stock that are responsible for dispatching of orders directly to nominated address. The website has own facilities for completion of sale on line and can assist with bank transactions.
4. The System assists to justify prices published on line and re-distribute benefits and profit from sale between internet users, prescribers, wholesale, retail and transport companies with receiving by registered on the website Prescriber (service provider) the recommended mark -up (approximately 30- 50 of whole price) in a form of a monthly cheque or credit to their account from registered in the System service providers for wholesale.
The delivery of ordered goods or products to the Patient from the company holding the stock is conducted without money exchange between registered on the website Prescriber (Health Provider) and a Patient. A profit from sale for a Health Provider is guaranteed by agreement of registered on the website Health Provider (individual or institution) with the company holding the stock (wholesale companies, pharmacies) responsible for maintaining Order System Account of the Prescriber.
6. The Method assists with a supply of the patient by script in any place of the planet where Internet excess is available and a company holding the stock of medication, good or product maintains the Order System Account of the Health Provider.
7. Available on line with assistance of the website the network of service providers including pharmacies can assist patient to order the medication from different sources and compare prices for prescribed medication, good or heath product.
The invented software (Program Product) organises and simplifies business communication between participants of sale and has unique technical features to process (import, registration and storage) applications for sale with the content of advertising lodged to the database of service 00 providers of the website looking as an electronic directory of service providers.
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The described Method can be implemented due to technical innovations enable to register, use, store and retrieve on line, import and export of applications for sale and advertising.
O 1. The Program Product is able to register on line changes of advertised content, import to the 00 System and export to other terminals, store, process and retrieve on line applications for advertising and sale on line. Each application for advertising or on line sale imported to the System is processed by invented software named ETMS (Electronic Tool for Marketing and N E-Shopping) recognising applications with published prices. A part of the application associated with name and price of services, goods or product with set expiry date is named Price Line Application (PLA). A PLA is a web application with a unique fragmented structure, format, and content able to be registered by ETMS with a Reference Number and recognised by the System 00and external Internet facilities to be imported and exported for marketing purposes. The System 0is able to convert the PLA (web application) before exporting to a format compatible to Ocommunicate with external Internet resources. Any registered PLA can be retrieved on line by search in the System with the Reference Number, exported, modified by the System user and imported to the System again to receive a new Reference Number. The Reference Number can be used for contract purposes and to identifier an advertiser. The content of the PLA registered with Reference Number can be synchronised with external Internet facilities of service providers of wholesale, retail and transport companies on line to simplify the whole process of on line sale.
2. The Program product supporting the website for Health Providers and Patients can import Price Line Applications with the same content (name and price of services, goods or product with set expiry date) from several service providers and register each PLA in the System with a unique Reference Number. Each of the registered applications can be retrieved on line by search in the System with the Reference Number. A Buyer using the System for purchase independently or via assistance of a Call Centre can claim the Reference Number for the company holding the stock (wholesale) and distributing goods by fixed price. Using the System and search on line by the Reference Number the company holding the stock (wholesale) can easily identify not only content of the PLA and advertised prices for ordered good or product but identify the details of Service Provider. That simplifies updating of the Order System Account of the provider and monitoring of the volume of sale.
3. The Program Product is designed to retrieve on line ever existed a Price Line Application (PLA) registered with a Reference Number. With the search by Reference Number the System can retrieve registered PLA even after expiry date of the application for on line sale when advertising of the PLA is automatically ceased due to expiry date. The retrieval of the offer for sale content by the System can assist in completion of the contracts for sale after advertising of the offer ceased. This technical feature of the System is important for contract purposes as the System stores registered PLA. Interested to know prices institutions (for example- Insurance Companies for reimbursement purposes) can verify the history of the offer from the website while searching by the Reference Number from the invoice of paid services, goods or products provided by a registered on the website Service Provider. That can assist to solve a number of legal aspects related to audit of purchasing or reimbursement purposes.
4. The Program Product has own Search Engine to increase rating of a Prescriber or Pharmacist or other registered in the database service provider for competitive advertising on line after lodgement by the service provider PLA and registration of the application with Reverence Number by ETMS. The search engine of the System selects and sorts registered price line applications to show on line with priority those service providers who published prices. The ETMS is able to process the content and fragments (parts) of each PLA and provide search not 00 only by names of advertised services, goods and products (text related) but compare prices 0 of different Price Line Applications in national currency for identical (by text description) services, goods and products and can retrieve on line at first applications with lowest prices for benefits of Internet Users and users of the System. The System then is able to retrieve on O line the details of the System service provider associated with registered PLA for on line sale.
O The ETMS processes the information based on the set of criteria to form an abstract integer 00 number for each service provider of the database, rates and determines a position of each service provider in the list of those service providers who are available on line for requested location. The higher rating of the service provider of the same category of providers the higher C- position in the list of others providers and better selection by a user of the Intemrnet for n attendance. The Program Product (System) while processing PLA with ETM can present the _result of the search of database Health Providers based on the set of criteria for rating of service providers suitable for selections of health providers (prescribers). This set of criteria 0can be modified by the of system administrator and includes the next components contributing to 00 the rating of advertiser: 0-location and names of prescribers (and pharmacists) advertised, N -result of quality assessment of services advertised, -result of independent evaluation of the services by medical authorities related prescription and supply of the patients using Customer Order System, -the way to advertise the prices for services on line with the system interactive software or with the service provider's own linked website to reveal prices, -ability of a service provider of the database to participate in E-shopping The software gives rating to each database service provider automatically on the base of information uploaded to the system on line with a priority for advertising given those service providers who want to participate in E-shopping and use the invented interactive software for downloading information. An owner of the Method/Program Product/System can remove any service provider from the database with or without explanation of the reasons associated with the solution.
The Program Product is designed to assist Intemrnet users to locate the website in the Internet and promote Internet shopping. The Program Product has ability to import and export in suitable for the System formats the fragments of web application named DEA (Data Exchange Application) containing detail of a registered Service Provide and the integrated fragments of the application named PLA (Price Line Application). PLA being a web application with a unique fragmented structure can include the content in Microsoft Excel, PDF or other designed forms to supply the System with the name and price of advertised service, good or product with set expiry date. The System can convert registered with Reference Number PLA to a format compatible to communicate with external Internet resources. The resources (other databases with Search Engines) can recognise the application and direct a customer to the System address. Registered in the System service provider is able to export PLA with a unique fragmented structure, format, and content of PLA associated with Registration Number to other external Internet resources for Internet users to locate the service provider and use the System. The acceptance by the other internet facilities registered PLA with adopted format assists to include the content of PLA to other databases suitable for advertising and E-Shopping.
Technical aspects of the Method implementation.
The Method works with invented way to register, use, store and retrieve on line, import and export of an application for sale of a particular format named Price Line Application (PLA). To prove that the Method is effective a web application based on the Microsoft (ASP.NET, NET Framework 3.5) platform and hosted on Microsoft IIS versions 5.1+ was used.
It was developed using free development tools and database engine: Microsoft Web Developer 00 Express Edition 2005/2008 with Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition With O Advanced Services as a back-end data storage. That web application was easy to use and modify to receive a working software to test business ideas related to new models of Internet advertising _and communication with facilities of a variety of servers able to synchronise EPA located on Oterminals, computers and phones of Internet Users. The Platform and simple graphic interface O can be changed and modified and are essential just to prove that the System is workable.
00 The Method can be applied and adjusted to software of existing websites advertising for sale on line health products accepting the format and price line applications compatible with the System.
Technical features of the invented software (Program Product/ System) determine functional capacity of the website and convenience for the System users are: S1) The invented software technically assists to download to any computer, terminal or server 0software named DEA (Data Exchange Application) to collect information needed for advertising 0and on line sale. This application (DEA) can be returned on line to the System with requested 0 business details of a service provider willing to participate in sale on line. EDA is processed by N the System for purposes of advertising. The fragment of the EDA named PLA (Price Line Application) reflects the name of the service, good or product with the price and set expiry date.
PLA is available in a form of templates for e.g. in Microsoft Excel, PDF or other formats can be registered in the System with Registered Number for Prices. The System assists on line to download and upload PLA when the service provider is registered in the System. A registered user of the System can easily modify the content of PLA. The details of advertising can be "visible" on line "not visible" for Intemrnet users apart from the user responsible for download/ upload of prices, or "visible for selected Buyers, retail or wholesale companies".
2) The Program Product registers each priced item of the uploaded PLA with a unique identifier named Reference Number for prices. That gives a bridge to a variety of financial applications to enhance business activity of the service provider. These "reference numbers" put in search lines can assist to retrieve on line the content of PLA including the name of the service, good or product with the price and set expiry date even after set expiry date when Search Engine removes the application from on line advertising.
3) The content of the uploaded data file by a Registered User determines the rating of the service provider for advertising. The rating given to each service provider is based on a set of criteria chosen by owners of the software and can be modified by a regional coordinator of services to enhance economical return from advertising. The higher rating of the service provider of the same category of providers the higher position in the list of others providers and therefore more likely selection for attendance is expected.
4) The Reference Number of PLA assists in retrieval of the details of service provider if needed for E-Shopping of services and purposes of audit. That can simplify formal recourse to reimbursement with approval by national authorities (insurance company) if requested.
The set up of the database is to provide customers with a possibility of E-Shopping. The participants of on line sale can use a Customer Order System with assistance to open a Customer Order System Account and use personalised Customer Order Forms with imprinted name of a Service provider advertised prices for good and products. The System is able to export own or available on the Market software to assist with opening a Customer Order System Account on the external Internet facilities and Synchronise the content of the Account with the terminals of the Service provider registered in the System. That can enhance of business interactions between retail and wholesale companies for benefit of the Service provider.
6) Published prices and description of the services advertised can be "visible" for Buyers," not visible" for other Internet users apart from the user who download/ upload prices, or "visible for selected Buyers, retail or wholesale companies" and with assistance of Reverence Number the PLA and details of responsible service provider can be retrieved on line even after expiry date.
7) In order to decrease the amount of information needed to be entered by the service providers 00 to facilitate search (including full-text search), to make the search engine easily adjustable and O maintainable, to provide end users with an easy-to-use search engine without the need to know exactly the terminology involved, the search engine includes a flexible hierarchical category _structure. The services and goods can be assigned a particular category within the category tree.
O Categories are involved in the search in 2 ways:
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00 a) a category has a set of keywords and textual description used in full-text search: a set of categories is found (using full-text search against the associated keywords and description) for each user query and the associated goods and services are included in the search results (subject N to further filtering); this means that service providers do not have to provide common keywords and descriptions for every single item of a particular kind the shared characteristics are _described by the category or "type" of the item b) users themselves can use the categories to specify the type of the items they are looking for in the most convenient way by navigating through the category tree and choosing the right one; 0choosing the categories on different levels they can make the search broad or narrow to suit their Oneeds; only the goods and services which are assigned the category chosen or one of its ,1 subcategories are included in the search results.
8) To control the order of search results returned to the end-user a flexible rating system is used.
Rating is an abstract integer number assigned to each service provider on the basis of a set of criteria suitable for a particular business. In the case of equal relevance for a particular search of 2 different service providers the one (or one's services) having the greater rating is returned first The Search Engine does select services advertised and providers according to the set of criteria described however the search by name of a Provider or accurate location is being conducted from the System Database able to work as a directory of local businesses.
The Search Engine of the System works on the base of a set of criteria chosen by the owners of the software but can differ for selected areas of search.
9) The Program Product connected on line with other terminals is able to export the applications for on line sale including PLA for processing by compatible with the System applications software for bank transactions.
Service providers (with the approval of site administrators) or those responsible for the particular instance of the application can create any category tree which suits the needs of a particular business. Flexible hierarchical category structured database of service providers consists of two top categories: "Institutions" and "Individual Providers". The subcategories reflect near the same form of business activity that may be described with "key words" and selected by the system during the database search. The system provides search of own database using any entry from registered health providers. The database can be arranged to meet expectations of any service provider (for e.g. a provider of health services or information technology services, transport, building) "Institutions" is a top category. Other subcategories can be added and given as example for the structured database: New subcategory of "institution" can be added any time on line with the name of the subcategory to be used as "key word' for search engine.
"Individual providers" is a top category. Other subcategories can be added and given as example for the structured database New subcategory of "individual providers" can be added any time on line with the name of the subcategory to be used as "key word" for search engine.
Top categories and subcategories can be modified if Internet users wish to create a new 00 subdirectory. Each Subcategory can include other four divisions able to be named and modified O by the System Administrator. For Intemrnet users with assistance of the Program Product working as an electronic directory of Services can locate service providers interested in sale on line or advertising of services goods or products in selected locations.
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O Two top categories reflecting fundamental properties of structural service provider database are: 00 1) Institutions (retail and wholesale companies or companies of service providers) N 2) Individual providers Customers looking for services on the web site will be able to find information about providers N registered in the system and also get valid quotes for the services and make bookings receiving the Reference Number for Prices which will be a proof of the booking registered in the system _and ensuring the validity of particular terms and conditions of the service.
The system uses "Full Text Search" when variations of the same word/ term would not affect 0results of search. Administrators, customers and service providers registered by the system have Oaccess to interactive part of the software to operate within the database in accordance with hierarchy of their rights nominated. The access to the needed area of the database is being permitted via LOGIN. The system administrators have full access to the database and may change details of service providers.
Registered users of the Website (Prescribers) are able to: 1. Advertise on line prices for services or procedures, goods or product with set expiry date; 2. Advertise own business activity or details of business on behalf of wholesale or retail companies and use a Customer Order System with assistance to open a Customer Order System Account and use personalised Customer Order Forms with own imprinted name; 3. Modify published on line business details, time and locations of work, make announcements at any time and use a variety of Internet facilities to improve business communication; 4. Publish on line information related to fees for services goods products with the current prices and set expiry date with a possibility to change the details of advertising any time on line.
Keep the content of advertising "visible" on line "not visible" for Intemrnet users apart from the user responsible for download/ upload of prices, or "visible for selected Buyers, retail or wholesale companies".
6. Synchronise a content of advertising with other computers and terminal using available on the market technology of Electronic clouds" and prepare applications for advertising and E- Shopping on own computers or terminals before lodging applications for instant advertising; 7. Keep an archive of uploads and downloads to form a channel of communication-connection contracts if needed to support business activity; 8. Consider a variety of links for E-shopping for convenience of Internet users. The search engine of the system is able to extract the content of advertising associated with the price for each item of sale and its description and business details of the responsible service provider on line; 9. Synchronise applications for advertising on line between terminals (computer, phone, server) with the System registered PLA for references related to on line sale, updating of the Customer Order System Accounts and completion of the contracts; Export PLA with a unique structure, format, fragments and content of PLA associated with Registration Number to other external Intemrnet databases for Intemrnet users to locate the System and a service provider.
11. Become a part of nationally and internationally recognised network of "pharmacies on line" on the website working as an electronic directory of services for health providers and pharmacists The System interface enables registered service providers to work on line and includes: Members/Tasks My account: Change Password Administration: Manage users: Add category: Manage category: Monitoring of business activity or advice to users Password may be changed any time with simple instructions on the Screen to follow.
Updating role of administrator, customers, and service providers Adding category (subcategory of parent category) for a new service provider with a new business activity, key words and description of the activities of the service provider Operating within any subcategory to change key words and descriptions of activities and services of providers Service provider Add/edit service provider: Putting details of new service provider or update details Upload data: Upload details to monitor My uploads: Name of new service offered, price, Valid until, Service Type, Reference Number and supplier Upload details: Learning about uploading details Manage service provider: Uploading prices and put details of business information "visible" on line "not visible" for Internet users apart from the user responsible for download/ upload of prices, or "visible for selected Buyers, retail or wholesale companies" Advanced search Downloads New Engine Search- a hybrid from the System DEA and PLA export and import Export of software to open Customers Order System Accounts Export of a Package of Instructions to establish a Customer Order System with Customers Order System Accounts Instructions to use personalised Customer Order System Forms Additional information related to usage of the Method/ Program Product/System.
1. Any Health Service Provider can advertise the services, business details including address and time of work and resources available for the patients on the website specially created for patients and their health providers. The website working as a service directory has own database and search engine and is able by request of the patients on line to advise them about prices for services, medications, goods and health products if registered on the website service provider advertised prices. Registered on the website service providers (individuals and institutions) are able to modify on line advertised content, import to the System and export to other terminals, store, process and retrieve on line applications for advertising and sale on line.
2. Any Health Provider (Prescriber) or service provider registered on the website can refer the patients to have a supply of recommended medications, good or health products directly from the company, holding a stock of the goods and products. The service provider agrees to open and opens a Customer Order System Account with the company holding the stock and act as a retailer. This account is usually opened under responsibility of the company holding the stock. To provide the Internet User with an opportunity to buy the goods and products a special Customer Order System is to be established and a set of personalised Customer Order Forms with imprinted name of the service provider responsible for advertising of prices should be available for Buyers.
The forms can be available from the System to download if requested and are needed to 00 specify the order of the Buyer and address for delivery from the company holding the O stock. A Customer Order System Account is needed as well to monitor a volume of sale and price set by wholesale (or holding the stock) company to calculate the difference _between retail and wholesale price to consider a profit to share.
O 3. Counting the choices from where to get the recommended by the Service provider O medication, good or health product the patient can buy the product in any place available 00 (for example from nearest chemist or from overseas) or can use Internet and available Search Engines to find the way to buy and receive the order or can use the recommended by the service provider website, type the recommended Reference Number to the Search Line of the website and locate the source of supply to request a delivery of the order to nominated address and pay on line.
4. From the website recommended by the registered Health Provider or by other Health Provider Medical Practitioner or Allied Health Provider) the patient can learn prices for 0recommended medication, good or product from other Price Line Applications name 0and price of services, goods or product with set expiry date imported by other ORegistered service providers and compare prices. The patient can proceed to buy on line the recommended product from the website using selected PLA registered with a Reference Number to with selected price or delegate a responsibility to a recommended by the Service Provider Call centre. The patient has an opportunity to attend a local Chemist and ask for assistance to order and have a supply of recommended. A Chemist in the case can supply the patient from own resources or stock or order the recommended product from recommended by the service provider sources. The chemist can add additional price associated with the service and delivery of the product to own Pharmacy or, by choice of the patient, to the address nominated by the patient. Having a variety of choices the Consumer would only get benefit from the implementation of the Method. A chemist and the Pharmacy can be registered in the System to advise on line own prices or services associated with the order of Health Providers to supply their patients with needed medication, goods or product.
Registered on the website service provider can use own facilities to assist the patient to buy on line or delegate a responsibility to a well equipped Call Centres with a trained stuff to communicate with companies holding the stack of recommended by the Service provider medication, goods or health product related to the order. As the website can be used by an operator or a person of the holding stock company responsible for maintaining of the Customer Order System Account of the Service Provider the usage of Search by Reference Number on the website and ability of the invented software to retrieve on line details of engaged PLA and associated service provider the Method eliminates any possible confusion related to identity of Health Provider and preparation of the order for delivery.
6. A Patient willing to buy a recommended medication, good or health product has a choice to attend any Pharmacy or arrange the purchase with assistance of the website advertising the business details of the provider and possible sources of the supply. There is no obligation of the patient to buy a particular recommended health product as the patient can request other remedy for management of health problems or choose other health provider for another opinion.
Companies holding the stock with medications, goods and health products can be attracted to open the Order System Accounts with the assistance of the Program Product to increase the volume of sale. The company can use own software to maintain the Accounts, so invented Program Product is just to assist prescribers to request opening accounts with a prospecting company holding the stock.
The claims defining the invention are as follows: 00 O 1. The invented Method/ Program Product/ System assists on line to register, use, store and Sretrieve on line, import and export of applications for sale of a particular format suitable to support a network of service providers. These applications are organized in O the database of created website directory of services in a way to assist Internet users to O locate sources of supply with prices published on line and recommended by registered on 00 the website (Website) service providers and proceed with purchase on line. The Method N is to direct Intemrnet Byers to use the Website for purchase on line and assist registered on the Website service providers to exploit an Order System and Accounts opened with wholesale companies or companies holding the stock to trade and advertise fixed prices n on line to supply customers directly from the stock to nominated address. The Method _allows for health providers to prescribe in special way and supply patients with recommended medications, goods and health products. The script is modified by adding 0to the suitable fields of the script the name of the recommended Website and 0Reference Number associated with the source and items of supply. This website, working as an electronic directory of services for registered on the website service providers (including health providers, prescribers and pharmacists) has own invented search engine and structured hierarchical database to assist the patients to learn prices for prescribed medication, good or health products. Typing of the Reference Number in search line of the recommended website and search by the Reference Number assists a patient (Buyer) to identify the needed item for purchase, price in national currency and a source of supply in one click. The search on the website by name of requested service, medication or product assists a Buyer to know prices for the items to buy from other sources of supply offering on line sale or assisting with order. The patient is able then to follow on line instructions to order and purchase prescribed medication from recommended source using Customer Order System directly from the company holding the stock and pay on the Bank Account of the company responsible for dispatching of the order to nominated by the patient address. The patient can proceed with purchase on line with usual instructions related to E-Shopping or can delegate purchase of prescribed mediation, good or health product to a recommended by prescriber and advertised in the website Call Centre working with the Order System. The delivery of ordered goods or products to the Patient from the company holding the stock is conducted without money exchange between registered on the website Prescriber and a patient. The Method is to facilitate on line sale with specially designed software available on the website to register, use, store and retrieve on line, import and export of application for sale on line named Price Line Application (PLA). The website supports Customer Order System for patients and Order System Accounts opened for their Health Providers by the companies (including wholesale companies) holding the stock of requested by patients medications, goods and products. The Method System assists to attract extra financial resources to health providers (prescribers). The Method assists to supply the patients with medications directly from the company holding the stock with an easy way to monitor the traffic of the order for purposes of reimbursement or audit. The method supports on line sale of PBS/ RPBS medications, goods or products if supply based on electronic signatures of prescribers and patients is permitted by national regulations.
2. Method/ Program Product/System of claim 1 wherein the Method works with invented way to register, use, store and retrieve on line, import and export of application for sale on line named Price Line Application (PLA). Each PLA being a web application with a unique fragmented structure can include the content in Microsoft Excel, PDF or other designed forms to supply the System with the name and price of advertised service, good or product with set expiry date. That assists to maintain the Customer Order System for Internet Buyers and Order System Accounts for registered in the 0 System Health Providers. That assists to maintain the Customer Order System for Buyers O and Order System Accounts for Registered in the System Health Providers. System is able to register on line changes of advertised content, import to the System and export to _other terminals, store, process and retrieve on line applications for advertising and sale on O line. Each application for advertising or on line sale imported to the System is processed O by invented software named ETMS (Electronic Tool for Marketing and E-Shopping) 00 recognising applications with published prices. A part of the application associated with name and price of services, goods or product with set expiry date is named Price Line Application (PLA). A PLA is a web application with a unique fragmented N structure, format, and content able to be registered by ETMS with a Reference Number and recognised by the System and external Internet facilities to be imported and exported _for marketing purposes. The System is able to convert the PLA (web application) before Sexporting to a format compatible to communicate with external Internet resources.
00 03. Price Line Application of claim 2 wherein any registered PLA can be retrieved on line by Osearch in the System with the Reference Number, exported, modified by the System user and imported to the System again to receive a new Reference Number. The Number can be used for contract purposes and to identifier an advertiser. The System can import price line applications with the same content (name and price of services, goods or product with set expiry date) from several service providers and register each PLA with a unique Reference Number. Each of the registered applications can be retrieved on line by search in the System with the Reference Number. A Buyer using the System for purchase independently or via assistance of a Call Centre can claim the Reference Number for the company holding the stock (wholesale) and distributing goods by fixed price. Using the System and search on line by the Reference Number the company holding the stock (wholesale) can easily identify not only content of the PLA and advertised prices for ordered good or product but identify the details of Service Provider.
That simplifies updating of the Order System Account of the provider and monitoring of the volume of sale.
4. Method/ Program Product/System of claim 1 wherein the Program Product is designed to retrieve on line ever existed a Price Line Application (PLA) registered with a Reference Number. With the search by Reference Number the System can retrieve registered PLA even after expiry date of the application for on line sale when advertising of the PLA is automatically ceased due to expiry date. The retrieval of the offer for sale content by the System can assist in completion of the contracts for sale after advertising of the offer ceased. This technical feature of the System is important for contract purposes as the System stores registered PLA. Interested to know prices institutions (for example- Insurance Companies for reimbursement purposes) can verify the history of the offer from the website while searching by the Reference Number from the invoice of paid services, goods or products provided by a registered on the website Service Provider.
That can assist to solve a number of legal aspects related to on line sale Method/ Program Product/System of claim 1 wherein the Program Product has own Search Engine to increase rating of a Prescriber or Pharmacist or other registered in the database service providers for competitive advertising on line after lodgement by the service provider PLA and registration of the application with Reverence Number by ETMS. The search engine of the System selects and sorts registered price line applications to show on line with priority those service providers who published prices.
The ETMS is able to process the content and fragments (parts) of each PLA and provide search not only by names of advertised services, goods and products (text related) but compare prices of different Price Line Applications in national currency for 00 identical (by text description) services, goods and products and can retrieve on line O at first applications with lowest prices for benefits of Internet Users and users of the SSystem. The System then is able to retrieve on line the details of the System service Sprovider associated with registered PLA for on line sale. The ETMS processes the 0 information based on the set of criteria to form an abstract integer number for each O service provider of the database, rates and determines a position of each service provider 00 in the list of those service providers who are available on line for requested location. The higher rating of the service provider of the same category of providers the higher position in the list of others providers and better selection by a user of the Internet for attendance.
N, The Program Product (System) while processing PLA with ETM can present the result of In the search of database Health Providers based on the set of criteria for rating of service providers suitable for selections of health providers (prescribers). This set of criteria can be modified by the of system administrator and includes components contributing to 0the rating for advertising.
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  1. 2. Method/ Program Product/System of claim 1 wherein the Method works with invented way to register, use, store and retrieve on line, import and export of application for sale on line named Price Line Application (PLA). Each PLA being a web application with a unique fragmented structure can include the content in Microsoft Excel, PDF or other designed forms to supply the System with the name and price of advertised service, good or product with set expiry date. That assists to maintain the Customer Order System for Internet Buyers and Order System Accounts for registered in the 0 System Health Providers. That assists to maintain the Customer Order System for Buyers O and Order System Accounts for Registered in the System Health Providers. System is able to register on line changes of advertised content, import to the System and export to _other terminals, store, process and retrieve on line applications for advertising and sale on O line. Each application for advertising or on line sale imported to the System is processed O by invented software named ETMS (Electronic Tool for Marketing and E-Shopping) 00 recognising applications with published prices. A part of the application associated with name and price of services, goods or product with set expiry date is named Price Line Application (PLA). A PLA is a web application with a unique fragmented N structure, format, and content able to be registered by ETMS with a Reference Number and recognised by the System and external Internet facilities to be imported and exported _for marketing purposes. The System is able to convert the PLA (web application) before Sexporting to a format compatible to communicate with external Internet resources. 00
  2. 03. Price Line Application of claim 2 wherein any registered PLA can be retrieved on line by Osearch in the System with the Reference Number, exported, modified by the System user and imported to the System again to receive a new Reference Number. The Number can be used for contract purposes and to identifier an advertiser. The System can import price line applications with the same content (name and price of services, goods or product with set expiry date) from several service providers and register each PLA with a unique Reference Number. Each of the registered applications can be retrieved on line by search in the System with the Reference Number. A Buyer using the System for purchase independently or via assistance of a Call Centre can claim the Reference Number for the company holding the stock (wholesale) and distributing goods by fixed price. Using the System and search on line by the Reference Number the company holding the stock (wholesale) can easily identify not only content of the PLA and advertised prices for ordered good or product but identify the details of Service Provider. That simplifies updating of the Order System Account of the provider and monitoring of the volume of sale.
  3. 4. Method/ Program Product/System of claim 1 wherein the Program Product is designed to retrieve on line ever existed a Price Line Application (PLA) registered with a Reference Number. With the search by Reference Number the System can retrieve registered PLA even after expiry date of the application for on line sale when advertising of the PLA is automatically ceased due to expiry date. The retrieval of the offer for sale content by the System can assist in completion of the contracts for sale after advertising of the offer ceased. This technical feature of the System is important for contract purposes as the System stores registered PLA. Interested to know prices institutions (for example- Insurance Companies for reimbursement purposes) can verify the history of the offer from the website while searching by the Reference Number from the invoice of paid services, goods or products provided by a registered on the website Service Provider. That can assist to solve a number of legal aspects related to on line sale Method/ Program Product/System of claim 1 wherein the Program Product has own Search Engine to increase rating of a Prescriber or Pharmacist or other registered in the database service providers for competitive advertising on line after lodgement by the service provider PLA and registration of the application with Reverence Number by ETMS. The search engine of the System selects and sorts registered price line applications to show on line with priority those service providers who published prices. The ETMS is able to process the content and fragments (parts) of each PLA and provide search not only by names of advertised services, goods and products (text related) but compare prices of different Price Line Applications in national currency for 00 identical (by text description) services, goods and products and can retrieve on line O at first applications with lowest prices for benefits of Internet Users and users of the SSystem. The System then is able to retrieve on line the details of the System service Sprovider associated with registered PLA for on line sale. The ETMS processes the 0 information based on the set of criteria to form an abstract integer number for each O service provider of the database, rates and determines a position of each service provider 00 in the list of those service providers who are available on line for requested location. The higher rating of the service provider of the same category of providers the higher position in the list of others providers and better selection by a user of the Internet for attendance. N, The Program Product (System) while processing PLA with ETM can present the result of In the search of database Health Providers based on the set of criteria for rating of service providers suitable for selections of health providers (prescribers). This set of criteria can be modified by the of system administrator and includes components contributing to 0the rating for advertising. 00Dr Dmitri Tcherkas Dr Dmitn* Tcherkas
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