Real-time priced (RTP) cellular service marketplace
First Claim
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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Abstract
A computer-implemented method and system for buying and selling cellular service in a market allowing real-time pricing is disclosed. The computer-implemented method and system comprise storing at least one offer to sell a specified quantity of cellular service (which may be voice minutes, messages, data or other available service parameters) initiated by a seller, and processing one or more requests to purchase cellular service initiated by one or more buyers. The processing of the requests to purchase cellular service further comprises implementing a method for matching one or more requests to purchase cellular service with any stored offers; wherein when a match occurs the buyer is able to purchase the desired quantity of cellular service. The computer-implemented method and system includes deducting the purchased quantity of cellular service from a service profile of the seller and adding the purchased quantity of cellular service to a service profile of the buyer.
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30 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for buying and selling cellular service, comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer-implemented system for buying and selling cellular service, comprising:
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a processor, and a memory in communication with the processor, wherein the memory contains program instructions which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the following operations 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. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer program product stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium for buying and selling cellular service, comprising computer readable programming for causing a computer to control an execution of an application for buying and selling cellular services comprising:
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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 a 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 buyer 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. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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