Method and system for automatic brokered transactions
First Claim
1. A method for brokering a transaction between a plurality of wireless communication devices, comprising the steps of:
- a) enabling each wireless device to transmit data directly to and receive data directly from other similarly enabled wireless devices over a wireless personal area network, wherein each wireless device is a client device associated with a user;
b) entering a request related to an object to be brokered into a first enabled wireless device;
c) transmitting the request directly from the first wireless device to other wireless devices over the wireless personal area network such that the users associated with each of the other enabled wireless devices are notified of the request;
d) receiving a response to the request by a third party facilitator from a user of a wireless device interested in completing the transaction; and
e) completing the transaction by the third party facilitator.
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Abstract
A method and system for brokering a transaction between a plurality of wireless communication devices is disclosed. The method and system includes enabling a plurality of wireless devices to communicate with one another, allowing a user to enter a request related to an object to be brokered into a first enabled wireless device, and exchanging the request with a plurality of enabled wireless devices. The system and method also includes receiving a response to the request by a third party facilitator from a user of a wireless device interested in completing the transaction. The third party facilitator will then complete the transaction between users of the first wireless device and the wireless device interested in completing the transaction. In another aspect of the present invention, at least one wireless broker device helps disseminate the request from the first wireless device to the wireless device interested in completing the transaction. The system and method includes concealing the identity of a user of the wireless device from which a broker device received the request, thereby preserving the broker device'"'"'s profit interests in the transaction, and distributing transaction proceeds to the at least one wireless broker devices.
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54 Claims
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1. A method for brokering a transaction between a plurality of wireless communication devices, comprising the steps of:
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a) enabling each wireless device to transmit data directly to and receive data directly from other similarly enabled wireless devices over a wireless personal area network, wherein each wireless device is a client device associated with a user; b) entering a request related to an object to be brokered into a first enabled wireless device; c) transmitting the request directly from the first wireless device to other wireless devices over the wireless personal area network such that the users associated with each of the other enabled wireless devices are notified of the request; d) receiving a response to the request by a third party facilitator from a user of a wireless device interested in completing the transaction; and e) completing the transaction by the third party facilitator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for brokering a transaction between a plurality of wireless communication devices comprising:
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a first wireless device enabled to transmit data directly to and receive data directly from other enabled wireless devices over a wireless personal area network, wherein each of the first and the other enabled wireless devices is a client device associated with a user; and a third party facilitator accessible to the user of the first wireless device and users of the plurality of enabled wireless devices after registration via a network; wherein a request related to an object to be brokered is entered by the user into the first wireless device and transmitted directly from the first wireless device to other enabled wireless devices over the wireless personal area network such that the users associated with each of the other wireless devices are notified of the request;
wherein the user of one of the other wireless devices submits a response to the third party facilitator if the user is interested in completing the transaction, and the third party facilitator completes the transaction between the interested user and the user of the first wireless device. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method for brokering a transaction using a plurality of wireless devices comprising the steps of:
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a) enabling a first wireless device to automatically transmit data directly to and receive data directly from other enabled wireless devices over a wireless personal area network, wherein each of the first and the other wireless devices is a client device associated with a user; b) entering a request related to an object to be brokered into the first wireless device; c) transmitting the request from the first wireless device directly to other wireless devices over the wireless personal area network such that the users associated with each of the other wireless devices are notified of the request; d) responding to the request by a user interested in completing the transaction by submitting a response to a third party facilitator; and e) completing the transaction by the third party facilitator. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A method for facilitating a brokered transaction between a plurality of wireless communication devices, wherein the plurality of wireless communication devices includes a seller device and a buyer device, the method comprising the steps of:
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a) enabling each wireless communication device to transmit data directly to and receive data directly from other similarly enabled wireless communication devices over a wireless personal area network, wherein each wireless communication device is a client device associated with a user; b) providing a plurality of broker devices of the plurality of wireless communication devices that disseminate an offer for sale of an item propagated by a user of the seller device; c) receiving in a facilitator a response from a user of the buyer device to the offer for sale received from at least two of the broker devices, the response including a final transaction record, wherein the final transaction record includes encrypted identifying information for all but one users of the at least two broker devices, encrypted identifying information for the user of the seller device, and identifying information for a user of one broker device; d) decoding the encrypted identifying information; and e) completing the transaction between the users of the at least two broker devices, the seller device, and the buyer device. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43)
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44. A computer readable medium containing program instructions for brokering a transaction between a plurality of wireless communication devices, the instructions for:
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a) enabling a first wireless device to transmit data directly to and receive data directly from other enabled wireless devices over a wireless personal area network, wherein each of the first and the other wireless devices is a client device associated with a user; b) entering a request related to an object to be brokered into the first wireless device; c) transmitting the request directly from the first wireless device to other enabled wireless devices over the wireless personal area network such that the users associated with each of the other enabled wireless devices are notified of the request; d) receiving a response to the request by a third party facilitator from a user of one wireless device interested in completing the transaction; and e) completing the transaction by the third party facilitator. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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