Offering an Object For Sale

• US 20130218685A1
• Filed: 02/16/2012
• Published: 08/22/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Original Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Inventors: FORMO, Joakim, Grdman, Marcus
• Application Number:
  US13/398,308
• Publication Number:
  US 20130218685A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.66
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions

Abstract

A method performed by a network management node for offering an object for sale is disclosed. The network management node receives a sales offering request message from a user equipment, wherein the sales offering request message requests the network management node to offer a specific object for sale. In a subsequent step, information about the specific object is gathered from a unique network entity profile associated with the specific object, i.e. the object intended for sale. A sales ad is thereafter generated in step. The sales ad is generated on the basis of the gathered information about the object. Embodiments of the present invention presented herein also relate to methods, network management nodes, user equipments, systems, computer programs and computer program products for offering an object for sale.

Claims

1. A method performed by a network management node for offering an object for sale, wherein the network management node is connected to a plurality of objects via a network and wherein each of the plurality of objects is associated with a unique network entity profile comprising static information pertaining to the object, the method comprising:

receiving a sales offering request message from a user equipment, UE, the sales offering request message requesting the network management node to offer a specific object of the plurality of objects for sale;

gathering static information about the specific object from the unique network entity profile associated with the specific object; and

generating a sales advertisement, ad, for the specific object on the basis of the gathered static information about the object.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises gathering dynamic information about the specific object and wherein the step of generating the sales ad further comprises generating the sales ad for the specific object on the basis of the gathered dynamic information about the object.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises gathering information about a user associated with the user equipment from which the sales offering request is received and wherein the step of generating the sales ad further comprises generating the sales ad for the specific object on the basis of the gathered data about said user associated with the user equipment.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the sales offering request further comprises an information element for requesting a publishing action and wherein the method further comprises sending a publish request for publishing the generated sales ad, such that the indicated object is offered for sale.

5. A network management node for offering an object for sale, wherein the network management node is connectable to a plurality of objects via a network and wherein each of the plurality of objects is associated with a unique network entity profile comprising static information pertaining to the object, the network management node comprising:

a communication interface configured to receive a sales offering request message from a user equipment, UE, the sales offering request message requesting the network management node to offer a specific object of the plurality of objects for sale;

a processor; and

a non-transitory memory storing a computer program comprising computer program code which, when run in the processor, causes the network management node to;

gather static information about the specific object from the unique network entity profile associated with the specific object; and

generate a sales advertisement, ad, for the specific object on the basis of the gathered static information about the object.

6. The network management node according to claim 5, wherein the memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the processor, further cause the network management node to gather dynamic data about the specific object and furthermore generate the sales ad on the basis of the gathered dynamic information about the object.

7. The network management node according to claim 5, wherein the memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the processor, further cause the network management node to gather data about a user associated with a user equipment from which a sales offering request is received and furthermore generate the sales ad on the basis of the gathered data about said user associated with the user equipment.

8. The network management node according to claim 5, wherein the sales offering request further comprises an information element for requesting a publishing action and wherein the memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the processor, further cause the network management node to send, via the communication interface, a publish request for publishing the generated sales ad, such that the indicated object is offered for sale.

9. A method performed by a user equipment. UE, for offering a object for sale, wherein the UE is connected to a network management node, which is connected to a plurality of objects via a network and wherein each of the plurality of objects comprises a unique network entity profile comprising static information pertaining to the object, the method comprising:

displaying a plurality of content objects via a user interface of the UE, wherein each of the plurality of content objects is associated with a respective object;

detecting a user interaction with one content object displayed on the user interface of the UE, the user interaction comprising a selection of one of the plurality of content objects;

associating the user interaction with a sales offering request message for requesting a network management node to offer a specific object associated with the selected content object for sale; and

sending the sales offering request message to a network management node for thereby requesting the network management node to offer said object for sale.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the sales offering request comprises an information element for indicating which of the plurality of objects that is offered for sale.

11. The method according to claim 9, wherein the sales offering request comprises an information element comprising the unique network entity profile of said objects for sale.

12. The method according to claim 9, wherein the sales offering request further comprises an information element for requesting a publishing action and wherein the method further comprises sending a publish request for publishing a sales ad, such that the indicated object is offered for sale.

13. A user equipment, UE, for offering a object for sale, wherein the UE is connectable to a network management node, which is connectable to a plurality of objects via a network and wherein each of the plurality of objects comprises a unique network entity profile comprising static information pertaining to the object, the UE comprising:

a user interface configured to display a plurality of content objects, wherein each of the plurality of content objects is associated with a respective object;

a processor; and

a non-transitory memory storing a computer program comprising computer program code which, when run in the processor, causes the UE to;

detect a user interaction with one content object displayed at the user interface, the user interaction comprising a selection of one of the plurality of content objects;

associate the user interaction with a sales offering request message for requesting a network management node to offer a specific object associated with the selected content object for sale; and

send, via a communication interface, the sales offering request message to a network management node for thereby requesting the network management node to offer said object for sale.

14. The UE according to claim 13, wherein the sales offering request comprises an information element for indicating which of the plurality of objects that is offered for sale.

15. The UE according to claim 13, wherein the sales offering request comprises an information element comprising the unique network entity profile of said objects for sale.

16. The UE according to claim 13, wherein the sales offering request further comprises an information element for requesting a publishing action and wherein the memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the processor, further cause the UE to send, via the communication interface, a publish request for publishing a sales ad, such that the indicated object is offered for sale.