DE102009037794A1 - Method for swapping services, involves transmitting information related to swap offer from data processing system to another data processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

The method involves transmitting information related to the swap offer from a data processing system to another data processing system. A part of the information is transmitted from the latter data processing system to a third data processing system. The data is displaced by the third data processing system. The possibility to receive the swap offer is provided by interaction with the third data processing system. An independent claim is also included for a device for execution of services swapping method.

Description

The The present invention relates to a method and a Device for the exchange of services.

State of the art

Of the Exchange of services is usually in the state of the art of Person to person performed. The provider of a service asks another person from its immediate vicinity whether this additional person is to an exchange of services is ready and if she has a similar one Can offer service for exchange. This is for example D. J. s the case. The one D. J. knows a place of performance, for example a performance site where he has performances and now decides that in order to gain more experience or improve his reputation, would like to also appear in other places. So contacted this one D. J. a known colleague, of which he assumes that this enable him to perform in a disco or similar can.

Around to carry out such an exchange of performance opportunities can, However, it is necessary that the two exchange partners know each other in advance and at least one of both is known that the performance opportunities can be exchanged. This complicates the exchange from the beginning and usually allows only bartering in the immediate vicinity.

Object of the invention

task It is the object of the present invention to provide a method and an apparatus to provide that allow it over long distances Routes away, or between previously unknown to each other exchange partners, To exchange services.

Description of the invention

Is solved the object by a method according to claim 1 and a device according to claim 18.

• – In einem ersten Schritt Informationen über ein erstes Tauschangebot von einer ersten Datenverarbeitungsanlage, die insbesondere von einem ersten Benutzer verwendet wird, auf eine zweite, insbesondere zentrale Datenverarbeitungsanlage übermittelt werden,
• – ein Teil dieser Informationen von der zweiten Datenverarbeitungsanlage auf eine dritte Datenverarbeitungsanlage, die von einem zweiten Benutzer verwendet wird, übertragen wird, um mittels der dritten Datenverarbeitungsanlage dem zweiten Benutzer dargestellt zu werden,
• – nachdem die Informationen über das Tauschangebot dem zweiten Benutzer dargestellt wurden, wird dem zweiten Benutzer die Möglichkeit gegeben, durch Interaktion mit der dritten Datenverarbeitungsanlage das Tauschangebot anzunehmen und ein entsprechendes Gegenangebot abzugeben,
• – Informationen bezüglich des zweiten Tauschangebots, also des Gegenangebots, von der dritten Datenverarbeitungsanlage über die zweite Datenverarbeitungsanlage auf die erste Datenverarbeitungsanlage übertragen werden,
• – dem ersten Benutzer die Möglichkeit bereitgestellt wird, durch Interaktion mit der ersten Datenverarbeitungsanlage das zweite Tauschangebot anzunehmen.

In particular, the object is achieved by a method for exchanging services, wherein

• In a first step, information about a first exchange offer from a first data processing system, which is used in particular by a first user, is transmitted to a second, in particular central, data processing system,
• A part of this information is transmitted from the second data processing system to a third data processing system used by a second user in order to be displayed to the second user by means of the third data processing system,
• - after the information on the exchange offer has been presented to the second user, the second user is given the opportunity to accept the exchange offer by interaction with the third data processing system and to make a corresponding counter offer,
• Information relating to the second exchange offer, that is to say of the counter-offer, is transmitted from the third data processing installation to the first data processing installation via the second data processing installation,
• - The first user is provided the opportunity to accept by interaction with the first data processing system, the second exchange offer.

Under a data processing system is understood here as a device which is able to receive information, this information too process and share information based on the information. Such data processing equipment can be computers, computer equipment and / or mobile devices such as cell phones, PDAs, and the like.

In a further embodiment is the first data processing system with which the user information about does not send the first exchange offer to the second data processing system identical to the first data processing system with which the first User accepts the exchange offer. For example, the information about the Trade by means of a computer, a mobile phone, a PDA, etc. the second data processing system to be sent, the assumption of the exchange offer but on another computer or mobile phone or PDA and confirmed by the first user.

The second data processing system can be from a computer or a Computer system exist, but it is also possible that this data processing system from a composite also spatially separate computer.

The transfer of data can here by means of the Internet, via mobile networks or Telephone networks etc. are made.

Prefers is that the information is encrypted z. B. sent by ssh become.

By using such data processing equipment to offer and carry out barter transactions, these barters can be carried out comfortably over long distances. In addition, the use of such data processing systems allows the clear presentation of a variety of exchange offers, so that previously mutually unknown exchange operator can make a barter. It is also possible by linking multiple users to compare the exchange offers of the users and to save different exchange offers for later viewing. This provides further clarity in the management of various exchange offers and the opportunity to take advantage of the appropriate exchange offers.

Before the possibility for the user is given an exchange offer to the second data processing system The name of the user can be sent to the second data processing system become. This name can be during a registration procedure. By use of registration procedures, a larger number of contact details, like the address, the e-mail address, the telephone number, etc. one Assigned access name and a suitable password. So must the Do not use this contact information every time you accept an exchange offer but over entering the access name with the password are the actions of the user immediately linked to the contact information. In particular, that can Registration procedure using an HTML form or similar electronic forms. Through this electronic Procedures can standardized data transfer become.

To acceptance of the Exchange Offer the respective exchange partners, names and / or contact details, such as address, e-mail address and / or telephone number so that the two exchange partners will be able to still to be clarified Details of the exchange to communicate with each other. Also offers the Exchange of contact information the possibility that the users a greater security about the seriousness of the exchange offer, as they know who the exchanged service performs.

Also Is it possible, instead or in addition to offer to the exchange of contact data a function that it allows, with knowledge of the access name alone, the corresponding User a message, a so-called private message (PN) to send. So can The users also communicate with each other without compromising privacy publication the contact information is violated.

Farther is also a classification of the exchange offers and / or the user possible. The classification of the exchange offers can in a first step by the user offering the exchange himself become. To do this, in the form that is used to enter the exchange offer used is listed a number of classifications out which the user has one or more classifications or classification levels choose can. Such classifications can the type of music, the country or state in which the venue located, the country or state in which the venue of the desired Contraindications are included.

The Classification of the user can be coupled with the user profile be. That means a user who uses multiple user profiles can also have different degrees of classification. The classification level may depend on the reputation of the user, on the number of barter transactions made by him, on the assessment of the respective exchange partner and / or the quality of the exchange offers. The quality The exchange offers can be based on the reputation of the offered venues the service and / or the value of the exchange transaction and / or depend on the reputation of the exchange partner.

The Classification of the user can be done by the operator of the second Data processing system or the exchange system to be made. In this case, the operator of the new user after its registration displayed and the operator can then a classification of the user make. It is also possible to gain certain degrees of classification for money.

The Classification of the user allows specific Users, for example very successful or very famous users, from the rest Users separately use the exchange system and so only one small amount of users insight into the merits or order situation too give.

To the implementation of bartering can the at the exchange business Invited participants through the second data processing system to make an assessment of the respective exchange partner. This review can be over Form, in particular an HTML form, the second data processing system supplied become. The assessment may include the following categories: The punctuality, the appearance, the professionalism, the reliability, the quality the implementation the service and / or additional claims. Furthermore Is it possible, that free judgments can also be taken into account.

These ratings can be either the totality of users or only a small part the user are made available. Also, the user can determine when registering whether these reviews are visible to anyone. In particular, it is possible that these assessments are only accessible to users with the same or a better classification level. This way, a particularly well-known service provider can be protected from the abuse of lesser-known service providers.

Also Is it possible, that for an exchange offer the equivalent value in money is demanded and / or that money for a particular service is offered. Also, instead of a Service, the possibility exchanged for a service for the performance of the service become. For example, the operator of a venue can a D. J. the possibility give to perform at his venue without the DJ for that money receives.

Especially can the information about that first and / or the second exchange offer, the place and / or the date, where the service is performed should be the type of music, the equipment of the execution site etc. include. This information determines the exchange offer, so that the exchange partner is put in a position, on the basis of this Information to decide if he wants to accept the offer.

Also can by means of the second data processing system and / or a so payments made to the connected data processing system become. Thus, the second data processing system a service which issues corresponding invoices, the amounts of the invoices from the respective accounts and transfers them to the payee's accounts amounts on a fiduciary account managed. Such bills can amounts for the use of the exchange system, costs for the acceptance of a barter transaction etc. be. These bills can the respective bill recipients be sent by post or electronically. Also, you can use the bills lists for to be created an invoice maker, the one for his Accounting can use. Such lists include for one certain period for example the receipt, the expenses, the VAT etc.

The Invention also includes a system of data processing equipment, the system being capable of a plurality of exchange offers display.

Detailed description an embodiment

in the Further, the invention is based on an embodiment with assistance the drawings without restriction closer to the protection area explained. It shows

1 the offer of an exchange,

2 selecting an exchange offer,

3 the execution of a barter transaction.

In In a first step, a user registers by means of a first data processing system at a second, central, by a data connection, such as the Internet, a telephone line or a similar connected data processing system. He gives his name, a contact address, such as an e-mail address, telephone number and / or postal Address to. Furthermore The registration process includes entering a name with which the user wants to authenticate in the future. Choose to this name either the user an appropriate password or it may be from the second, central data processing system are proposed. The registration process done by means of an electronic form that the user is displayed on the first data processing system by means of HTML. The data entered by the user is encrypted, for Example using SSH, transmitted to the second data processing system. That of the second, central data processing system to the user assigned password can from the second, central data processing system be generated and the user by SMS, e-mail or similar to be sent.

After this the registration data through the second central data processing system have been verified, for example by a confirmation email the user, by comparing them with the data in a database, like a database containing phone numbers or addresses the user enters the exchange system using the dial-in name and the password.

The System offers the user his barter transactions under different profiles to do. Such a profile gives, for example, the place where the service is provided should be provided, the type of music, etc.

Now, as in 1 is shown, a user offer an exchange, so he selects using the first data processing system using a browser over the Internet from a specific website. This website gives the user the opportunity to identify himself by his name and password.

To the authentication of the user gives the user a representation his offered exchange offers.

At This point gives the user the opportunity to have a first one or add another exchange offer to the system. There are the user in a corresponding form the venue the offered service, the equipment of the corresponding Venue, as well as the equipment of the music system, the Lighting system and expected music direction. Also in the Form entered, what kind of service or which Venue is expected in return. Also, the capacity with which at the venue people can be recorded as also a classification of the audience, z. Over the average Sales per person and event are entered.

Also the user can indicate that he is ready instead of an exchange offer to offer the equivalent in money.

These information about The exchange offer is made by the first data processing system via the Internet transmitted to the second, central data processing system and stored in an associated database.

A second user ( 2 ) can now gain access to the exchange offer page via the Internet using his own password and the corresponding entry name. Here, too, after the successful dial-in, either the user himself can select an overview of the exchange offers or this overview appears automatically after the dial-in process.

This overview the user can now use different criteria, such as the provider, the date of the offered event, the desired date of the counterpart, Music genre, size of venue, order the pseudonym of the provider, the category of the offer. there The participant can also be classified himself. Such Classification can be through the operators of the exchange or an independent one Made available to third parties known to the participants. To the user can specify at registration or later, that he assumes that he is the operator of the exchange and / or an independent one Known to third parties. For this case has the reviser, so the operator or the independent Third, stored in a database a list of names that he for especially classified. If the name is found on the corresponding list, the corresponding one is displayed User the desired Classification, otherwise the reviewer will be sent by e-mail, SMS or similar notified and can agree to the classification on a case-by-case basis. Also, a classification can be made by a fee, that must be paid by the users, so they have a certain Classification received or the classification is due the places offered by the user at which services be performed can. For example, a place, such as a nightclub, a club, or a bar in a database marked as particularly attractive. can now a user in exchange a performance opportunity on such Offering it a better classification.

Under consideration classifications, the number of displayed exchange offers varies. So can Users the highest Classification, examine all exchange offers and also at the exchange offers they give themselves, whether they are all Be accessible to users or only to users of certain categories should. Users of lower category degrees can also specify whether their offers only in the same category or in the lower one Categories can be seen.

Of the User can now select an exchange offer that is displayed to him and, for example, by clicking on a corresponding field of activity, that he is interested in the corresponding exchange offer. To he gives a corresponding counter offer. To submit the counter offer opens for the User on the screen of his data processing system a window with a form by either the data, such as location, genre etc. of a new counter-offer or can be entered can obtain a counter-offer already entered by him.

The first user who entered the original exchange offer will now be notified by the counter-offer either by SMS, e-mail or a message within the exchange through the counter-offer. Based on this message, the first user uses his data processing system to call up the corresponding website of the exchange, accesses the website on the basis of his access name and the appropriate password and can now accept the offer offered by clicking on an activity field on the screen of his data processing system. He can also refuse the exchange offer by the operation of another field of activity. The corresponding information as to whether the counter-offer has been accepted or rejected by the first user is transmitted electronically to the second, central data processing system and the second Notify users of the decision of the first user by text message, e-mail or message in the system ( 3 ). Thus, if the exchange was accepted by the first user, the information in the second data processing system is stored as belonging together. The system issues and sends an invoice to one or both users.

Becomes now the exchange carried out, So the services exchanged, so have both users the possibility, to confirm this and to judge the exchange partner. This assessment is also for additional users of the exchange can be viewed. Again, a user with a specific classification level determine whether users with a lower classification level to see the assessment.

Claims (24)

Procedure for exchanging services the steps: - To transfer of information regarding a first exchange offer from a first data processing system to a second data processing system, - submit at least one Part of this information from the second data processing system to a third data processing system, - Presentation of the data by means of the third data processing system, - Provide the opportunity by interaction with the third data processing system, the exchange offer to assume - Transmission of information regarding a second exchange offer from the third data processing system via the second data processing system on the first data processing system, - Provide The possibility through interaction with the first data processing system the second exchange offer to accept. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that that before submitting the information from the first to the second data processing system the name of the first exchange partner of the first data processing system is transmitted to the second data processing system. Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized marked that before submitting of the second exchange offer from the third data processing system on the second data processing system the name of this exchange offer from the third to the second data processing system becomes. Method according to one of claims 2 and 3, characterized that name during a Registration procedure is, whereby the registration procedure the transmission of a dial-up name and an associated one Password includes. Method according to the preceding claim, characterized that the registration process involves the use of an electronic Forms, in particular an HTML form, which of the second data processing system is provided. Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized characterized in that after the transfer the information about the acceptance of the exchange offer, the name of the other exchange partner transmitted to the data processing systems of the respective exchange partners becomes. Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized characterized in that the exchange offer after the transmission of the information about the Exchange offer from the first data processing system to the second Data processing system by means of the second data processing system is classified. Method according to claim 7, characterized in that that the classification is made on the basis of the number of barters is done by a dive partner. Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized characterized in that the classification is based on the person of the user is made. Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized characterized in that the participants of the barter transaction a Evaluation of the respective exchange partner is offered, with the result the evaluation is accessible to at least some of the users. Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized characterized in that a user has a variety of user profiles can login and the user profiles in the second data processing system or an associated data processing system deposited are. Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized characterized in that a user due to his user profile only a part of the exchange offers is transmitted to the first or third data processing system becomes. Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the Klas based on the quality of the offered exchange offers. Method according to one of the preceding offers, characterized in that instead of the second exchange offer also funds can be offered as a countervalue. Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the information about the first and / or the second exchange offer, the place on and / or the date on which running the service is to be included. Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized characterized in that by means of the second data processing system and / or an associated data processing system accumulating Payments are made. Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized characterized in that by means of the second data processing system or a data processing system connected to the second data processing system Invoices are created, based on a barter transaction and one of the exchange partners electronically or by mail be delivered. Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized characterized in that by means of the second data processing system or a data processing system connected to the second data processing system the bookkeeping invoices created in connection with exchange offers be prepared. Apparatus for carrying out barter transactions, comprising at least three data processing systems using data connections connected to each other, the first data processing system is designed so that information about an exchange offer to a transmitted second data processing system be, the second data processing system is designed so that this information is at least partially transmitted to a third data processing system the third data processing system, this information at least partially indicating and the third data processing system the possibility holds, through interaction with this data processing system, the exchange offer to accept, to give up a counteroffer and to accept the acceptance of the Counter offer to be informed. Device according to claim 19, characterized in that that the data processing equipment is a computer, a computer network, a mobile data processing system, such as a mobile phone and / or a PDA can be. Device according to claim 19 or 20, characterized that information about that Internet, an intranet, a data line separated from the Internet and / or transmitted a mobile radio link become Apparatus according to claim 19 to 21, characterized that the second data processing system connected to a database is or includes this database. Device according to one of claims 19 to 22, characterized that the first data processing system and / or a fourth data processing system is designed so that the acceptance of the exchange offer data be transferred to the first or fourth data processing system, the information about the acceptance of the Exchange Offer and include that data by the Data processing system can be displayed. Device according to claim 23, characterized in that that the data processing system provides the opportunity through Interaction with the user to accept the counter-offer and the information about this assumption of the second data processing system transmitted.

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