Electronic commerce using personal preferences
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Abstract
A system to enable a person to interact in both a physical world and an electronic world is described. The system includes a server that delivers news and information. The server includes a matching process that matches information from a client with information from other hosts that are also sending information to the server. The matching process includes matching wrapper information from a received capsule, the wrapper information including information that determines the use of the information content of the capsule. The system also includes a client user device. The client user device includes a database of personal interests and a process that either offers and/or requests services and information based on the personal interests. The process includes a process to wrap content with control information designating ownership of the content, the time span the content is valid, and rules specifying how content is to be matched.
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63 Claims
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29. A method for conducting commerce where information and services are provided to customers comprises:
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selectively activating shareable database capsules from information contained in personalized, shared databases, the shareable database capsules comprising fields that have property characteristics of the shareable capsule, including visibility and sharing settings, and a content field that includes information to be shared or match with other shareable database capsules;
distributing the shareable capsules over a network communications medium as matchable capsules;
matching the matchable capsules with other complementary matchable capsules; and
distributing an indication of the existence of and results of a match of a pair of matchable capsules according to visibility settings for the matched capsules. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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55. A computer program product residing on a computer readable medium, for conducting commerce where information and services are provided to customers, the computer program product comprises instructions to cause a computing device to:
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selectively activate shareable database capsules from information contained in personalized, shared databases, the shareable database capsules comprising fields that have property characteristics of the shareable capsule, including visibility and sharing settings, and a content field that includes information to be shared or match with other shareable database capsules;
distribute the shareable capsules over a network communications medium as matchable capsules;
match the matchable capsules with other complementary matchable capsules; and
distribute an indication of the existence of and results of a match of a pair of matchable capsules according to visibility settings in the matched capsules. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58)
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59. An apparatus, comprising:
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a computing processing device;
a memory for executing a computer program product; and
the computer program product, for conducting commerce where information and services are provided to customers, the computer program product comprises instructions to cause the computing device to;
selectively activate shareable database capsules from information contained in personalized, shared databases, the shareable database capsules comprising fields that have property characteristics of the shareable capsule, including visibility and sharing settings, and a content field that includes information to be shared or match with other shareable database capsules;
distribute the shareable capsules over a network communications medium as matchable capsules;
match the matchable capsules with other complementary matchable capsules; and
distribute an indication of the existence of and results of a match of a pair of matchable capsules according to visibility settings in the matched capsules. - View Dependent Claims (60, 61, 62, 63)
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