Method and apparatus for a principal / agent based mobile commerce
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1. A machine implemented method for facilitating a prospective business transaction involving a principal, an agent, and a user comprising:
- at least partially causing the generation of indicia that a first mobile equipment, that is associated with a user digital identifier, and a second mobile equipment, that is associated with an agent digital identifier, meet a location based criterion, as determined by using at least one microprocessor, wherein said generation of indicia is regulated by at least;
an agent-user matching algorithm using predefined data selected from the group consisting of;
data indicating a proclivity of said user toward predetermined business transactions, data related to terms of said prospective business transaction, wherein said terms are controlled by said principal, data related to parameters associated to said prospective business transaction, wherein said parameters are controlled by said principal, data related to a brand that is associated with said agent, data related to preferences associated with said user, wherein said preferences are controlled by said user, data related to user generated keywords indicating an explicit interest toward a predefined product, data related to user generated keywords indicating an explicit interest toward a predefined service, data related to patterns associated with said user, data related to attributes associated with said user, data related to locations associated with said prospective business transaction, wherein said locations are controlled by said principal, and combinations thereof; and
a principal-controlled participation condition associated with said agent digital identifier wherein said principal-controlled participation condition selectably enables said second mobile equipment, associated with said agent digital identifier, to participate to said machine implemented method.
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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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1. A machine implemented method for facilitating a prospective business transaction involving a principal, an agent, and a user comprising:
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at least partially causing the generation of indicia that a first mobile equipment, that is associated with a user digital identifier, and a second mobile equipment, that is associated with an agent digital identifier, meet a location based criterion, as determined by using at least one microprocessor, wherein said generation of indicia is regulated by at least; an agent-user matching algorithm using predefined data selected from the group consisting of;
data indicating a proclivity of said user toward predetermined business transactions, data related to terms of said prospective business transaction, wherein said terms are controlled by said principal, data related to parameters associated to said prospective business transaction, wherein said parameters are controlled by said principal, data related to a brand that is associated with said agent, data related to preferences associated with said user, wherein said preferences are controlled by said user, data related to user generated keywords indicating an explicit interest toward a predefined product, data related to user generated keywords indicating an explicit interest toward a predefined service, data related to patterns associated with said user, data related to attributes associated with said user, data related to locations associated with said prospective business transaction, wherein said locations are controlled by said principal, and combinations thereof; anda principal-controlled participation condition associated with said agent digital identifier wherein said principal-controlled participation condition selectably enables said second mobile equipment, associated with said agent digital identifier, to participate to said machine implemented method. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. Mobile equipment comprising:
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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 location based criterion, wherein said location based criterion facilitates a prospective business transaction involving a principal, an agent, and a user and said indication is regulated by at least; an agent-user matching algorithm using predefined data selected from the group consisting of;
data indicating a proclivity of said user toward predetermined business transactions, data related to terms of said prospective business transaction, wherein said terms are controlled by said principal, data related to parameters associated to said prospective business transaction, wherein said parameters are controlled by said principal, data related to a brand that is associated with said agent, data related to preferences associated with said user, wherein said preferences are controlled by said user, data related to user generated keywords indicating an explicit interest toward a predefined product, data related to user generated keywords indicating an explicit interest toward a predefined service, data related to patterns associated with said user, data related to attributes associated with said user, data related to locations associated with said prospective business transaction, wherein said locations are controlled by said principal, and combinations thereof; anda principal-controlled participation condition associated with said agent digital identifier, wherein said principal-controlled participation condition selectably enables said second mobile equipment associated with said agent digital identifier to participate to said machine implemented method. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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8. 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 the generation of indicia that a first mobile equipment, that is associated with a user digital identifier, and a second mobile equipment, that is associated with an agent digital identifier, meet a predefined location based criterion in a machine implemented method to facilitate a prospective business transaction involving a principal, an agent, and a user, wherein said generation of indicia is regulated by at least;a) an agent-user matching algorithm using predefined data selected from the group consisting of;
data indicating a proclivity of said user toward predetermined business transactions, data related to terms of said prospective business transaction, wherein said terms are controlled by said principal, data related to parameters associated to said prospective business transaction, wherein said parameters are controlled by said principal, data related to a brand that is associated with said agent, data related to preferences associated with said user, wherein said preferences are controlled by said user, data related to user generated keywords indicating an explicit interest toward a predefined product, data related to user generated keywords indicating an explicit interest toward a predefined service, data related to patterns associated with said user, data related to attributes associated with said user, data related to locations associated with said prospective business transaction, wherein said locations are controlled by said principal, and combinations thereof; andb) a principal-controlled participation condition, wherein said principal-controlled participation condition selectably enables said second mobile equipment, associated with said agent digital identifier, to participate to said machine implemented method. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. 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 prospective business transaction involving a principal, an agent, and a user, said set of instructions comprising instructions formed into a plurality of modules, said plurality of modules comprising:
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a) a process for causing the generation of indicia that a first mobile equipment, that is associated with a user digital identifier, and a second mobile equipment, that is associated with an agent digital identifier, meet a location based criterion; b) a process for regulating said causing the generation of indicia that said location based criterion is met via an agent-user matching algorithm, wherein said algorithm is using predefined data selected from the group consisting of;
data indicating a proclivity of said user toward predetermined business transactions, data related to terms of said prospective business transaction, wherein said terms are controlled by said principal, data related to parameters associated to said prospective business transaction, wherein said parameters are controlled by said principal, data related to a brand that is associated with said agent, data related to preferences associated with said user, wherein said preferences are controlled by said user, data related to user generated keywords indicating an explicit interest toward a predefined product, data related to user generated keywords indicating an explicit interest toward a predefined service, data related to patterns associated with said user, data related to attributes associated with said user, data related to locations associated with said prospective business transaction, wherein said locations are controlled by said principal, and combinations thereof; andc) a process for regulating participation of said agent via a principal-controlled participation condition, wherein said principal-controlled participation condition selectably enables said second mobile equipment, associated with said agent digital identifier, to participate to said machine implemented method. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An apparatus comprising:
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means for storing, in at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium, computer program code adapted to facilitate, at least in part, a machine implemented method for advancing a prospective business transaction involving a principal, an agent, and a user; and means for causing the generation of indicia that a first mobile equipment, that is associated with a user digital identifier, and a second mobile equipment, that is associated with an agent digital identifier, meet a location based criterion, wherein said causing the generation of indicia is regulated by at least; an agent-user matching algorithm using predefined data selected from the group consisting of;
data indicating a proclivity of said user toward predetermined business transactions, data related to terms of said prospective business transaction, wherein said terms are controlled by said principal, data related to parameters associated to said prospective business transaction, wherein said parameters are controlled by said principal, data related to a brand that is associated with said agent, data related to preferences associated with said user, wherein said preferences are controlled by said user, data related to user generated keywords indicating an explicit interest toward a predefined product, data related to user generated keywords indicating an explicit interest toward a predefined service, data related to patterns associated with said user, data related to attributes associated with said user, data related to locations associated with said prospective business transaction, wherein said locations are controlled by said principal, and combinations thereof; anda principal-controlled participation condition, wherein said principal-controlled participation condition selectably enables said second mobile equipment associated with said agent digital identifier to participate in said machine implemented method for advancing said business transaction. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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