Electronic computer engines for analytical searching and methods of use thereof

Abstract

In some embodiments, the instant invention provides an improved computer system programmed for searching which includes at least the following components: a specialized computer machine, at least one processor for executing a particular program code stored in a memory, where the particular program code is configured to perform the following operations upon the execution: obtaining business information regarding a plurality of businesses and a plurality of offerings offered by the plurality of businesses; generating a rating score for each business based on consumer ratings; associating each business with the rating score; and concurrently conducting a plurality of searches of the business information based on: business identifying search parameter(s) obtained from each consumer, a geographic indication, a plurality of ranked filtering criteria, a rating score filtering parameter.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method being implemented by an improved computer system programmed for searching in accordance with the method, comprising:
 obtaining, by a specially programmed computer searching system, business information regarding a plurality of businesses and a plurality of offerings offered by the plurality of businesses;   wherein:
 1) the plurality of offerings comprises services, products, or both, 
 2) the business information is based, at least in part, on information submitted by each business in accordance with at least the following conditions agreed to by each business of the plurality of businesses:
 a) the information submitted is complete, 
 b) the information submitted is truthful, and 
 c) the information submitted is accurate; 
 
   wherein the plurality of business comprises at least one thousand business;   storing, by the specially programmed computer searching system, in at least one database, the business information regarding the plurality of businesses and the plurality of offerings offered by the plurality of businesses;   generating, by the specially programmed computer searching system, a rating score for each business based on consumer ratings submitted by a plurality of consumers, wherein the consumer ratings evaluate each business in at least the following to rating categories:   1) service,   2) value,   3) ethics,   4) competence,   5) environment, and   6) price;   associating, by the specially programmed computer searching system, in the at least one database, each business with the rating score;   causing, by the specially programmed computer searching system, to concurrently display at least one first graphical user interface from a plurality of first graphical user interfaces to a plurality of consumers, wherein the at least one first graphical user interface of the plurality of first graphical user interfaces is configured to obtain from each consumer from the plurality of consumers at least:
 i) personal identifying information of such consumer to be validated prior to conducting searching for such consumer, 
 ii) at least one business identifying search parameter, identifying at least one identifying characteristic associated with at least one of:
 1) at least one business, offering at least one service, at least one product, or both, desired by such consumer, 
 2) the at least one service, the at least one product, or both, desired by such consumer, and 
 3) a combination of thereof; 
 
 iii) at least one geographic indication, identifying at least one geographic location associated with the at least one business offering at least one service, at least one product, or both, desired by such consumer, 
 iv) a plurality of ranked filtering criteria, wherein the ranked filtering criteria being:
 1) selected from a plurality of evaluation criteria that are associated with one of: the at least one business, the at least one service, the at least one product, an any combination thereof, and are configured to allow such consumer to select the at least one business, the at least one service, the at least one product, an any combination thereof; and 
 2) ranked by such consumer in a predetermined ranking order; and 
 
 v) at least one rating score filtering parameter, identifying a particular rating score or a plurality of rating scores to be associated with the at least one business desired by such consumer; 
   wherein the plurality of consumers comprises at least one thousand consumers;   prior to conducting searching for a plurality of particular consumers, validating, by the specially programmed computer searching system, each particular consumer of the plurality of particular consumers based on the personal identifying information of such particular consumer;   based on an outcome of the validating, concurrently conducting, by the specially programmed computer searching system, for the plurality of particular consumers, a plurality of searches of the business information based at least in part on:
 1) the at least one business identifying search parameter obtained from each particular consumer of the plurality of particular consumers, 
 2) the at least one geographic indication obtained from each particular consumer of the plurality of particular consumers, 
 3) the plurality of ranked filtering criteria obtained from each particular consumer of the plurality of particular consumers, 
 4) the at least one rating score filtering parameter; and 
   causing, by the specially programmed computer searching system, to concurrently output, utilizing at least one second graphical user interface from a plurality of second graphical user interfaces, each search result of a plurality of search results to each respective particular consumer of the plurality of particular consumers.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one second graphical user interface of the plurality of second graphical user interfaces is further configured to display:
 at least one urgency indication, identifying when a particular business, a particular service, a particular product, or any combination thereof, is available.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of evaluation criteria comprise evaluation criteria selected from the group consisting of:
 1) price,   2) geographic proximity to a particular location associated with such consumer,   3) professional competence of the at least one business,   4) background information of the at least one business,   5) certification of the at least one business,   6) experience of the at least one business, and   7) environment associated with the at least one business.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one second graphical user interface of the plurality of second graphical user interfaces is further configured to allow each respective particular consumer of the plurality of particular consumers to give a consent to at least one particular business identified in a particular search result to contact such respective particular consumer. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , the method further comprises:
 upon each consent received each particular consumer, automatically and in-real time generating, by the specially programmed computer searching system, at least one lead to be transmitted to the least one particular business.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the at least one second graphical user interface of the plurality of second graphical user interfaces is further configured to allow each respective particular consumer of the plurality of particular consumers to select, with the consent, an anonymity level, identifying how much of the personal information of such respective particular consumer to be disclosed to the at least one particular business. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein each consent comprises contact information of each particular consumer. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 5 , the method further comprises:
 automatically notifying, by the specially programmed computer searching system, the at least one particular business about an obligation of the at least one particular business to respond the at least one lead.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
 receiving, by the specially programmed computer searching system, utilizing the at least one second graphical user interface, a comparing selection from a respective particular consumer, wherein the comparing selection identifies that the respective particular consumer requests a comparison among of:   1) a plurality of particular businesses,   2) a plurality of particular services,   3) a plurality of particular products, or   4) any combination thereof;   performing, by the specially programmed computer searching system, the comparison based at least in part on the plurality of ranked filtering criteria obtained from the respective particular consumer; and   causing, by the specially programmed computer searching system, to display, utilizing the at least one second graphical user interface from the plurality of second graphical user interfaces, a comparison result based on the performing of the comparison.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
 obtaining, by the specially programmed computer searching system, updated business information regarding one of the plurality of businesses, the plurality of offerings offered by the plurality of businesses, or both; and   based at least in part on the updated business information, periodically modifying, by the specially programmed computer searching system, at least one of:   1) the plurality of ranked filtering criteria,   2) the plurality of evaluation criteria,   3) the rating score, and   4) any combination thereof.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein at least one consumer of the plurality of consumers is one of:
 i) an individual, and   ii) a business that desires to obtain at least one service, at least one product, or both, from another business.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein at least one business is an individual who offers for sale at least one service, at least one product, or both. 
     
     
         13 . An improved computer system programmed for searching, comprising:
 at least one specialized computer machine, comprising:   a non-transient memory having at least one region for storing particular computer executable program code; and   at least one processor for executing the particular program code stored in the memory, wherein the particular program code is configured to at least perform the following operations upon the execution:   obtaining business information regarding a plurality of businesses and a plurality of offerings offered by the plurality of businesses;   wherein:
 1) the plurality of offerings comprises services, products, or both, 
 2) the business information is based, at least in part, on information submitted by each business in accordance with at least the following conditions agreed to by each business of the plurality of businesses:
 a) the information submitted is complete, 
 b) the information submitted is truthful, and 
 c) the information submitted is accurate; 
 
   wherein the plurality of business comprises at least one thousand business;   storing, in at least one database, the business information regarding the plurality of businesses and the plurality of offerings offered by the plurality of businesses;   generating a rating score for each business based on consumer ratings submitted by a plurality of consumers, wherein the consumer ratings evaluate each business in at least the following to rating categories:   1) service,   2) value,   3) ethics,   4) competence,   5) environment, and   6) price;   associating, in the at least one database, each business with the rating score;   causing to concurrently display at least one first graphical user interface from a plurality of first graphical user interfaces to a plurality of consumers, wherein the at least one first graphical user interface of the plurality of first graphical user interfaces is configured to obtain from each consumer from the plurality of consumers at least:
 i) personal identifying information of such consumer to be validated prior to conducting searching for such consumer, 
 ii) at least one business identifying search parameter, identifying at least one identifying characteristic associated with at least one of:
 1) at least one business, offering at least one service, at least one product, or both, desired by such consumer, 
 2) the at least one service, the at least one product, or both, desired by such consumer, and 
 3) a combination of thereof; 
 
 iii) at least one geographic indication, identifying at least one geographic location associated with the at least one business offering at least one service, at least one product, or both, desired by such consumer, 
 iv) a plurality of ranked filtering criteria, wherein the ranked filtering criteria being:
 1) selected from a plurality of evaluation criteria that are associated with one of: the at least one business, the at least one service, the at least one product, an any combination thereof, and are configured to allow such consumer to select the at least one business, the at least one service, the at least one product, an any combination thereof; and 
 2) ranked by such consumer in a predetermined ranking order; and 
 
 v) at least one rating score filtering parameter, identifying a particular rating score or a plurality of rating scores to be associated with the at least one business desired by such consumer; 
   wherein the plurality of consumers comprises at least one thousand consumers;   prior to conducting searching for a plurality of particular consumers, validating each particular consumer of the plurality of particular consumers based on the personal identifying information of such particular consumer;   based on an outcome of the validating, concurrently conducting, for the plurality of particular consumers, a plurality of searches of the business information based at least in part on:
 1) the at least one business identifying search parameter obtained from each particular consumer of the plurality of particular consumers, 
 2) the at least one geographic indication obtained from each particular consumer of the plurality of particular consumers, 
 3) the plurality of ranked filtering criteria obtained from each particular consumer of the plurality of particular consumers, 
 4) the at least one rating score filtering parameter; and 
   causing to concurrently output, utilizing at least one second graphical user interface from a plurality of second graphical user interfaces, each search result of a plurality of search results to each respective particular consumer of the plurality of particular consumers.   
     
     
         14 . The improved computer system of  claim 13 , wherein the at least one second graphical user interface of the plurality of second graphical user interfaces is further configured to display:
 at least one urgency indication, identifying when a particular business, a particular service, a particular product, or any combination thereof, is available.   
     
     
         15 . The improved computer system of  claim 13 , wherein the plurality of evaluation criteria comprise evaluation criteria selected from the group consisting of:
 1) price,   2) geographic proximity to a particular location associated with such consumer,   3) professional competence of the at least one business,   4) background information of the at least one business,   5) certification of the at least one business,   6) experience of the at least one business, and   7) environment associated with the at least one business.   
     
     
         16 . The improved computer system of  claim 13 , wherein the at least one second graphical user interface of the plurality of second graphical user interfaces is further configured to allow each respective particular consumer of the plurality of particular consumers to give a consent to at least one particular business identified in a particular search result to contact such respective particular consumer. 
     
     
         17 . The improved computer system of  claim 16 , wherein the particular program code is further configured to at least perform the following operations upon the execution:
 upon each consent received each particular consumer, automatically and in-real time generating at least one lead to be transmitted to the least one particular business.   
     
     
         18 . The improved computer system of  claim 16 , wherein the at least one second graphical user interface of the plurality of second graphical user interfaces is further configured to allow each respective particular consumer of the plurality of particular consumers to select, with the consent, an anonymity level, identifying how much of the personal information of such respective particular consumer to be disclosed to the at least one particular business. 
     
     
         19 . The improved computer system of  claim 17 , wherein each consent comprises contact information of each particular consumer. 
     
     
         20 . The improved computer system of  claim 17 , wherein the particular program code is further configured to at least perform the following operations upon the execution:
 automatically notifying the at least one particular business about an obligation of the at least one particular business to respond the at least one lead.   
     
     
         21 . The improved computer system of  claim 13 , wherein the particular program code is further configured to at least perform the following operations upon the execution:
 receiving, utilizing the at least one second graphical user interface, a comparing selection from a respective particular consumer, wherein the comparing selection identifies that the respective particular consumer requests a comparison among of:   1) a plurality of particular businesses,   2) a plurality of particular services,   3) a plurality of particular products, or   4) any combination thereof;   performing the comparison based at least in part on the plurality of ranked filtering criteria obtained from the respective particular consumer; and   causing to display, utilizing the at least one second graphical user interface from the plurality of second graphical user interfaces, a comparison result based on the performing of the comparison.   
     
     
         22 . The improved computer system of  claim 13 , wherein the particular program code is further configured to at least perform the following operations upon the execution:
 obtaining updated business information regarding one of the plurality of businesses, the plurality of offerings offered by the plurality of businesses, or both; and   based at least in part on the updated business information, periodically modifying at least one of:   1) the plurality of ranked filtering criteria,   2) the plurality of evaluation criteria,   3) the rating score, and   4) any combination thereof.   
     
     
         23 . The improved computer system of  claim 13 , wherein at least one consumer of the plurality of consumers is one of:
 i) an individual, and   ii) a business that desires to obtain at least one service, at least one product, or both, from another business.   
     
     
         24 . The improved computer system of  claim 13 , wherein at least one business is an individual who offers for sale at least one service, at least one product, or both.