U.S. Patent Position Review — 19/476,586
DATA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TASK SCHEDULES TO SERVICE PROVIDERS
Published international application: PCT/AU2024/050370 / WO2024216337A1
Section 13 — TT-13
Personalized Home Intelligence
The Home Profile converts Thumbtack from a reactive marketplace into predictive home-service intelligence.
Thumbtack Position — Public Evidence
Thumbtack's Home Profile contains the home address, home features, systems and home goals, and provides AI-driven suggestions. Thumbtack also offers seasonal and weather-based recommendations.
Strategic significance
- Reactive service marketplace → predictive home-service intelligence.
- Task initiation may originate from the platform rather than the customer.
- Timing recommendations are a platform output.
Boundary
- Recommending when a task should occur is not the same as generating a provider's task schedule.
Public Evidence
Each record exposes the source, publisher, date, direct link, relevant extract, what it establishes, what it does not establish and evidence confidence.
Classification language rule: "Not Publicly Established" records the limits of public evidence reviewed. It is not a finding that the company does not operate the technology. Forward-looking items are labelled: Potential Future Patent Development — Subject to Patent Attorney Review.