Methods and systems for electronic transactions

• US 7,062,452 B1
• Filed: 08/31/2000
• Issued: 06/13/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tamiras Per Pte Ltd LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Mikhail Lotvin, Richard M. Nemes
• Inventors: Lotvin, Mikhail, Nemes, Richard M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Smith, Jeffrey A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): HAQ, NAEEM U
• Application Number:
  US09/653,085
• Time in Patent Office: 2,112 Days
• Field of Search: 705/26, 705/27
• US Class Current: 705/14.4
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/02 involving a neutral party, e.g. certification authority, notary or trusted third party [TTP]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/12 specially adapted for electronic shopping systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0605 Supply or demand aggregation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0611 Request for offers or quotes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0613 Third-party assisted
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0635 Processing of requisition or of purchase orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42 Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers specially adapted for wireless communication networks H04W4/00

Abstract

In the preferred computer system, the user is provided with a separate Internet-accessible entity referred to here as the “personal page.” A personal page, preferably, includes memory for storing information related to the user. For example, on his/her personal page the user indicates what he/she wishes to purchase, possibly along with other criteria associated with the purchase, such as, for example, a time that the purchase should take The user is provided with the ability to create personalized bidding rules that vendors that offer goods and services must respect. Vendors have the ability to specify similar criteria, which describe the goods and/or services they offer. Vendors can indicate, for example, the prices of their goods, times and places that their services are available, etc. Preferably, these specifications, called “vendor scripts,” are embodied in active software/data entities (agents) that traverse sites on the Internet visiting sites hosting users'"'"' personal pages. Thus, preferably, vendor software/data agents (comprising vendor scripts) are the mobile, active elements in the system and purchasing requirements are stationary and more passive in comparison.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

storing at least one acquisition specification of a first user represented in a scripting language that specifies acquisition requirements;

parsing the acquisition specification into at least one purchase form comprising a plurality of attributes, at least one of which specifying a transactional action desired to be electronically completed by the first user;

receiving over the Internet and storing offering specification comprising at least one vendor form comprising a plurality of attributes, at least one of which specifying a transactional action desired to be electronically completed by a second user; and

electronically determining if the attributes in the purchase form are compatible with associated attributes in the vendor form by testing attributes in the purchase form against attributes in the vendor form for satisfiability using a compatibility dictionary, comprising a storage of sets of compatible terms associated with an automated completion of a transaction, wherein the step of testing comprises accessing the storage of the dictionary and determining whether the transactional action in the purchase form is compatible with the transactional action in the vendor form,

wherein the storing the at least one acquisition specification is on a personal page assigned to a user providing the acquisition specification and said personal page communicates with Global Positioning System.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one offering specification comprises data represented by a scripting languages.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the offering specification is received at the location where the personal page with at least one acquisition specification is stored.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the acquisition specification comprises data related to at least one advertisement.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein voice recognition software is associated with the personal page and the acquisition specification is provided using voice input.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the acquisition specification is provided to the personal page using wireless communication.