| CPC G06Q 10/08 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/02 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0205 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0264 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0613 (2013.01)] | 15 Claims |
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1. An interactive digital logistics system comprising:
a web server that provides a website to sign up as a member, register each business account as a member subscription, and manage business related information for each member subscription, wherein the website is configured to maintain member subscriptions and create authentication accounts for the member subscriptions;
a plurality of host databases that store data associated with available services and products offered by businesses and other data;
a host server comprising host server software that acts as central hub for receiving information and requests on the available services and products, wherein the authentication accounts for the member subscriptions are created by the website in the host server software, wherein the host server software is configured to collect information and store the collected information as data in the host databases;
a notification server that operates in connection with instructions from the host server software to provide notifications of events and requests;
a business user device comprising a business software application (“business app”) and mapping software that is integrated into the business app, wherein the business app is configured to execute and run on the business user device operated by a business user, wherein the business app is configured to receive event and request notifications from the notification server, wherein the business app connects to and communicates with the host server to add new activated and inactivated services, activate inactivated services & deactivate activated services, accept requests for available activated services, specify service time slots for inactivated services, and deny unwanted requested services, wherein the mapping software integrated into the business app is configured to execute and run on the business user device when the business app is running on the business user device, wherein the mapping software integrated into the business app is configured to provide businesses with (i) visual maps, real-time updated distances, and directions to desired locations of consumers for confirmed services and (ii) lists of service requests from consumers and consumer details of each consumer comprising at least a distance from a service address of the business to the consumer requesting the service, wherein the distance from the service address of the business to the consumer is updated in real-time, wherein the mapping software integrated into the business app externally accesses third party mapping services to provide the visual maps, distances, and directions; and
a consumer device comprising a consumer software application (“consumer app”) and mapping software that is integrated into the consumer app, wherein the consumer app is configured to execute and run on the consumer device operated by a consumer, wherein the consumer app is configured to connect to and communicate with the host server to search for services and request services from businesses, wherein the consumer app is further configured to receive event and request notifications from the notification server, wherein the mapping software integrated into the consumer app is configured to execute and run on the consumer device when the consumer app is running on the consumer device, wherein the mapping software integrated into the consumer app is configured to provide consumers with visual maps, real-time updated distances, and directions to desired locations for confirmed services, wherein the visual maps identify a geographical area surrounding a searching consumer, wherein the geographical area is defined by a geographical radius from a location of the searching consumer, wherein businesses that offer the services searched for by the searching consumer are shown and updated in real-time within the geographical area, wherein the mapping software integrated into the consumer app externally accesses third party mapping services to provide the visual maps of businesses within the geographical area of the searching consumer.
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