Method and apparatus for a principal / agent based mobile commerce
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Abstract
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a principal/agent method for mobile commerce is presented wherein mobile users receive indicia that agent equipment is in proximity wherein said indication is conditional to preferences and settings contained in a data structure determined, at least in part, by a principal.
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21. A machine implemented method for facilitating a business transaction involving a principal, an agent and a user comprising:
at least partially causing the sending of an indication that a first mobile equipment associated with a user digital identifier and a second mobile equipment associated with an agent digital identifier meet a predefined location matching condition as determined by using at least one microprocessor wherein said sending of an indication is controlled by at least; meeting a predefined agent-user matching criteria associated with data coupled with both said user digital identifier and said agent digital identifier; and meeting a predefined principal-controlled threshold condition associated with data coupled with said agent identifier wherein said predefined principal-controlled threshold condition selectably enables said second mobile equipment associated with said agent digital identifier to participate to said machine implemented method. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. Mobile equipment comprising:
an indicator configured to provide an indication that said mobile equipment associated with a user digital identifier and a second mobile equipment associated with an agent digital identifier meet a predefined location matching condition in a machine implemented method for facilitating a business transaction involving a principal, an agent and a user wherein said indication is controlled by at least; meeting a predefined agent-user matching criteria associated with data coupled with said user digital identifier and said agent identifier; and meeting a predefined principal-controlled threshold condition associated with data coupled with said agent identifier wherein said predefined principal-controlled threshold condition selectably enables said second mobile equipment associated with said agent digital identifier to participate to said machine implemented method. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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28. Apparatus comprising at least one processor;
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the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause, at least partially, the sending of an indication that a first mobile equipment associated with a user digital identifier and a second mobile equipment associated with an agent digital identifier meet a predefined location matching condition in a machine implemented method for facilitating a business transaction involving a principal, an agent and a user, wherein said sending of an indication is controlled by at least;a) meeting a predefined agent-user matching condition associated with data coupled with said user digital identifier and said agent identifier, said data being contained in one or more data structures; and b) meeting a predefined principal-controlled threshold condition contained in said one or more data structures wherein said predefined principal-controlled threshold condition selectably enables said second mobile equipment associated with said agent digital identifier to participate in said machine implemented method. - View Dependent Claims (29)
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30. A computer software system having a set of instructions stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium for controlling at least one general-purpose digital computer in performing desired functions that are necessary to execute a machine implemented method for facilitating a business transaction involving a principal, an agent and a user, said set of instructions comprising instructions formed into each of a plurality of modules, each modules comprising:
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a) a process for causing the sending of an indication that a first mobile equipment associated with a user digital identifier and a second mobile equipment associated with an agent digital identifier meet a predefined location matching condition; b) a process for regulating said causing the sending of an indication via a predefined agent-user matching criteria associated with data coupled with said user digital identifier and said agent identifier, said data being contained in one or more data structures; and c) a process for regulating said sending of an indication via a predefined principal-controlled threshold condition contained in said one or more data structures, wherein said predefined principal-controlled threshold condition selectably enables said second mobile equipment associated with said agent digital identifier to participate in said machine implemented method. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. An apparatus comprising:
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means for communicating data for storage in at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium storing data structures and a computer program code adapted to execute a machine implemented method for facilitating a business transaction involving a principal, an agent and a user;
the said at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium and said computer program code configured to;causing the sending of an indication that a first mobile equipment associated with a user digital identifier and a second mobile equipment associated with an agent digital identifier meet a predefined location matching condition wherein said causing the sending of an indication is conditional to at least; meeting a predefined agent-user matching criteria associated with said data for storage in said at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium; and meeting a predefined principal-controlled threshold condition stored in said at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium wherein said predefined principal-controlled threshold condition selectably enables said second mobile equipment associated with said agent digital identifier to participate in said machine implemented method. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40)
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