IDENTIFICATION OF MERCHANDISE TO BE SUBSEQUENTLY IDENTIFIED AND DELIVERED BY A MERCHANDISE PROVIDER

• US 20140236766A1
• Filed: 10/13/2011
• Published: 08/21/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: DigiMedia Tech, LLC (IP Investments Group LLC)
• Original Assignee: Union Beach Limited Partnership
• Inventors: Tannenbaum, David H.
• Application Number:
  US13/272,853
• Publication Number:
  US 20140236766A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26.61
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0613 Third-party assisted
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0625 Directed, with specific intent or strategy
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0635 Processing of requisition or of purchase orders
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2543 Billing , e.g. for subscription services payment schemes, architectures or protocols G06Q20/00; e-commerce G06Q30/00; arrangements for billing for the use of broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/21
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47202 for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47214 for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6543 for forcing some client operations, e.g. recording remote booting in general G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6582 Data stored in the client, e.g. viewing habits, hardware capabilities, credit card number arrangements where receivers interact with the broadcast H04H20/38
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/782 on tape
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17327 with deferred transmission or handling of upstream communications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17336 Handling of requests in head-ends

Abstract

Users may identify on an interactive network merchandise that they desire and merchandise providers may access the identified merchandise from time to time so as to provide merchandise that matches the identified merchandise. In one embodiment, merchandise providers may access merchandise requests from time to time and provide the requested merchandise, even if the merchandise had not been available at the time the request was initially posted. Prior to delivery of the merchandise the parties, if desired, may negotiate when and how delivery will occur, what the cost of the merchandise is and the responsibilities of each of the parties pertaining to the merchandise. The requests may be stored local to the user or at one or more central sites.

Claims

1-18. -18. (canceled)

19. A method of providing to a user information pertaining to merchandise available at geographically diverse locations, said method comprising:

accessing, by a system associated with an enterprise and initiated by the system, an identity of the enterprise, said identity being under control of the user and stored at a device under control of said user, said enterprise having a plurality of geographically diverse locations;

determining a current location of said device under control of said user; and

accessing, by the system, merchandise information specific to an enterprise location at said current location of said device under control of said user.

20. The method of claim 19 further including the step of:

sending, from said system to said device, said merchandise information specific to said enterprise location at said current location of said device under control of said user.

21. The method of claim 20 wherein said sending step comprises sending an e-mail message specific to said user.

22. The method of claim 20 wherein said sending step includes sending, from the system, a broadcast message to multiple users within said current location.

23-28. -28. (canceled)

29. A method of providing to a user geographic-specific information available at geographically diverse locations, the method comprising:

accessing, by a system associated with an enterprise and initiated by the system, an identity of the enterprise, wherein the identity is under control of the user and stored at a device under control of the user, the enterprise having a plurality of geographically diverse locations;

determining a current location of the device under control of the user; and

providing, from the system to the device, geographic-specific information specific to an enterprise location associated with the current location of the device.

30. The method of claim 29, wherein the geographic-specific information comprises information associated with a physical location of the enterprise nearest the current location of the user.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein the information associated with the physical location of the enterprise comprises at least one of an address of the physical location and a phone number of the physical location.

32. The method of claim 29, wherein the geographic-specific information comprises geographic-specific entertainment information.

33. The method of claim 29, wherein the geographic-specific information comprises information related to past events.

34. A system, comprising:

a communication interface configurable to communicate with a user device associated with a user; and

a processor coupled to the communication interface and configured to;

initiate access, using the communication interface, to an identity of an enterprise, wherein the identity is under control of the user and stored at the user device under control of the user, the enterprise having a plurality of geographically diverse locations;

determine a current location of the user device; and

provide to the user device, using the communication interface, geographic-specific information specific to an enterprise location associated with the current location of the user device.

35. The system of claim 34, wherein the geographic-specific information comprises information associated with a physical location of the enterprise nearest the current location of the user device.

36. The system of claim 35, wherein the information associated with the physical location of the enterprise comprises at least one of an address of the physical location and a phone number of the physical location.

37. The system of claim 34, wherein the geographic-specific information comprises geographic-specific entertainment information associated with the current location of the user device.

38. The system of claim 34, wherein the geographic-specific information comprises information related to past events associated with the current location of the user device.

39. The system of claim 34, wherein the user is a prospective user.

40. The system of claim 34, wherein the user is a prospective buyer.