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Real-time priced (RTP) cellular service marketplace

  • US 10,007,938 B2
  • Filed: 03/12/2014
  • Issued: 06/26/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for buying and selling cellular service, comprising:

  • receiving at least one capacity offer by home location register (HLR) of a cellular service provider for a quantity of cellular service initiated by at least one seller, wherein the at least one seller is a first buyer who has purchased an excess quantity of cellular service including the quantity of cellular service from the cellular service provider,storing the at least one capacity offer;

    processing one or more capacity discovery requests initiated by one or more buyers of cellular service, wherein the one or more buyers are subsequent buyers of the cellular service;

    matching at least one of the one or more capacity discovery requests with at least one of the stored at least one capacity offer, wherein one of the one or more buyers purchases the quantity of cellular service; and

    deducting the quantity of cellular service purchased by the one of the one or more buyers from a service profile of the at least one seller, and adding the quantity of cellular service to a service profile of the one of the one or more buyers by HLR of the cellular service provider.

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