METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOBILE ELECTRONIC COMMERCE

• US 20120059743A1
• Filed: 11/08/2011
• Published: 03/08/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2011
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: IP Holdings Incorporated (IP Holdings LLC)
• Original Assignee: IP Holdings Incorporated (IP Holdings LLC)
• Inventors: RAO, Sunil K., RAO, Sanjay K., RAO, Raman K.
• Granted Patent: US 10,417,676 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/27.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 17/28 Processing or translating of natural language G06F17/27 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/023 Arrangements for converting discrete items of information into a coded form, e.g. arrangements for interpreting keyboard generated codes as alphanumeric codes, operand codes or instruction codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 9/00154 Reading or verifying signatures; Writer recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 9/00671 for providing information about objects in the scene to a user, e.g. as in augmented reality applications
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0611 Request for offers or quotes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/12 Hotels or restaurants
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 13/00 Voting apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2867 Physical combinations
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/00 Routing or path finding of packets in data switching networks routing or path finding in wireless networks H04W40/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0861 using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/12 Applying verification of the received information cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for data integrity or data verification H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0202 Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets constructional features of telephone transmitters or receivers, e.g. of speakers or microphones H04M1/03
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/247 Telephone sets including user guidance or feature selection means facilitating their use user interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones H04M1/724
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72527 provided by interfacing with an external accessory hands-free H04M1/6041
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72577 to restrict the functionality or the communication capability of the terminal network access restriction H04W48/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/58 including a multilanguage function
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/74 with voice recognition means voice activated dialling H04M1/271; voice recognition algorithms G10L15/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2007/145 : Handheld terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2353 : specifically adapted to content descriptors, e.g. coding, compressing or processing of metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 : embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/14 : Systems for two-way working H04N7/12, H04N7/173 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/00504 : Ambient aware, e.g. using captured environmental data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/00508 : Gesture or behaviour aware, e.g. device movements or behaviometrics
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 : Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 : Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 : Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/02 : Communication route or path selection, e.g. power-based or shortest path routing

Abstract

A method for having a mobile price transaction system including comparisons. The system obtains information about prices and transactions involving products and services in real time over a wireless link. The actions include making a price comparison inquiry to a central server for the product, service, or price information. The inquiry is formatted in the central server for transmission to sources of the information such as vendors or their web sites. After receiving a response from the sources, the response is suitably formatted and is displayed on the mobile unit. The information will often be available locally on the central server, but the present invention includes commanding remote sources to provide an action such as a response, including a response at a desired time or for desired conditions.

Claims

1. -6. (canceled)

7. A real time transaction system and apparatus comprising

a mobile device,

a vendor'"'"'s local or network server wherein the server uses a lookup table and a stored user profile to set an environment specific to the user for a transaction;

at least one customized search engine table accessible and viewable on the mobile device for launching a search engine function by selecting a parameter of interest from the table;

means for wireless communication of the servers with a mobile device;

means for the wireless communication by the mobile device being enabled in one or more protocols;

means for the wireless communication by the mobile device being enabled in one or more protocols with smart wireless RF tag enabled items;

means for the communication being initiated in a time based mode, static mode or dynamic mode either by the vendor or the mobile device user;

means for the communication having permissions set by vendor or mobile device user;

means for the communication including at least one of data, text, still images, audio or video, and other types;

means for the communications content of the smart wireless RF tag in conjunction with the communication content of the vendor and other information servers to include at least one of marketing, product, service, price, availability and other information in one or more languages;

means for enabling the communication on one or more input/output channels of a mobile device;

means for the mobile device being contemporaneously enabled to perform one or more similar or disparate functions as desired by the mobile device user on other input/output channels.