Transaction system for business and social networking

• US 9,600,674 B2
• Filed: 06/13/2013
• Issued: 03/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dan Coffing, Lou Bonfiglio
• Original Assignee: Dan Coffing, Lou Bonfiglio
• Inventors: Coffing, Dan, Bonfiglio, Lou
• Primary Examiner(s): SAMS, MATTHEW C
• Application Number:
  US13/917,241
• Publication Number:
  US 20130276140A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,377 Days
• Field of Search: 455/414.1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/60 Protecting data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0838 using one-time-passwords
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/104 Grouping of entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

A wireless face-to-face bilateral communication method between at least two users of a service provider, each having a token device, and at least one having a user-defined profile, comprising: between a sending token device and a receiving token device, transmitting unique electronic transaction tokens between a consenting sending party and a consenting or optionally consenting receiving party wherein said transaction tokens may be used for single use, party-approved after-contact, computer-network facilitated access to each other'"'"'s profile.

Claims

1. A method for sharing information based on wireless one-to-one communication between at least two parties, the method comprising:

registering at least one of a first party and a second party, each having a corresponding wireless communication device, with a network service provided by an application server, in association with the corresponding wireless communication device of the party being registered;

designating a common location event mutually agreed upon between the first and second parties in response to the corresponding wireless communication devices of the first and second parties being mutually operated within a predetermined limited timeframe at a common location to perform at least one of;

recording data pertaining to at least one of sound, light, atmosphere, and radiation present at the common location,

processing an encoded signal that includes at least one of GPS, QR-code, speech, and lettering data received at the common location, and

receiving common user-input data on each of the corresponding wireless communication devices of the first and second parties;

in response to a confirmation of the common location event designated between the first and second parties, enabling the first and second parties to perform a one-to-one exchange of transaction information between the corresponding wireless communication devices of the first and second parties; and

enabling at least one of the first party and the second party to have access to information maintained in one or more databases in association with the network service based on the transaction information exchanged between the corresponding wireless communication devices of the first and second parties.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first party and the second party is stationary and uploads at least one unique location event identification in common with the other party to the network service.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising uploading an electronic ID, to a data server computer system, wherein said computer system authenticates said electronic ID, wherein said computer system allows at least one of the first party and the second party to receive a virtual profile of the other party, wherein said computer system is configured to limit access by a third party to the information within the virtual profile.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the virtual profile is granulated.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the virtual profile includes information in text, audio, video, images, blogs, website links, schedules, friends, activities, social affiliations, feeds, product description, brochures, coupons, incentive programs, medical records, receipts, purchase history, loyalty points, or items or services for discounted sale.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the information within the virtual profile includes an access to another communication channel that is public or private.

7. A computer system coupled to a computer network, the computer system being configured to implement a method for facilitating sharing of information based on wireless one-to-one communication between at least two parties, the method comprising:

storing information for a plurality of users;

respectively associating a plurality of wireless communication devices with respective accounts for the plurality of users including at least a first party and a second party;

confirming a common location event mutually designated between the first and second parties by comparing respective unique location event identifications generated by the respective wireless communication devices of the first and second parties in response to the respective wireless communication devices of the first and second parties being mutually operated within a predetermined limited timeframe at a common location to designate the common location event;

in response to confirmation of the common location event designated between the first and second parties, enabling the first and second parties to perform a one-to-one exchange of transaction information between the corresponding wireless communication devices of the first and second parties; and

enabling at least one of the first party and the second party to have access to information maintained in one or more databases in association with the network service based on the transaction information exchanged between the corresponding wireless communication devices of the first and second parties,

wherein the common location event is designated between the first and second parties in response to the corresponding wireless communication devices of the first and second parties being mutually operated within the predetermined limited timeframe at the common location to perform at least one of;

recording data pertaining to at least one of sound, light, atmosphere, and radiation present at the common location, processing an encoded signal that includes at least one of GPS, QR-code, speech, and lettering data received at the common location, and receiving common user-input data on each of the corresponding wireless communication devices of the first and second parties.

8. The computer system of claim 7, wherein respective account data and profile data of the plurality of users are stored in at least one database accessible over the Internet.

9. The computer system of claim 7, further comprising accessing a profile by generating a query to a database, and retrieving the profile in response to the query.

10. A wireless communication device for designating social or business networking transaction location events, the wireless communication device comprising:

an external case housing a power supply, a USB interface, a location designation sensor, an activate button, a confirmation LED, processor, a memory, upload transaction software, and an internal clock/calendar, and

wherein a first party is registered with a network service provided by application server in association with the wireless communication device,

wherein the wireless communication device is configured to, in conjunction with a second wireless communication device, designate a common location event mutually agreed upon between the first party and second party associated with the second wireless communication device in response to the corresponding wireless communication devices of the first and second parties being mutually operated within a predetermined limited timeframe at a common location to perform at least one of;

recording data pertaining to at least one of sound, light, atmosphere, and radiation present at the common location,

processing an encoded signal that includes at least one of GPS, QR-code, speech, and lettering data received at the common location, and

receiving common user-input data on each of the corresponding wireless communication devices of the first and second parties;

wherein the wireless communication device is configured to, upon confirmation of the common location event designated between the first and second parties, perform a one-to-one exchange of transaction information with the second wireless communication device in response to mutually-timed activation of the activate button of the wireless communication device and a corresponding activate button of the second wireless communication device; and

wherein at least one of the first art and the second art is ranted access to information maintained in one or more databases in association with the network service based on the transaction information exchanged between the wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device.

11. The wireless communication device of claim 10, wherein the wireless communication device is a portable standing-alone device without display capability and with an external ruggedized case, and weighs less than one ounce.

12. The wireless communication device of claim 10, wherein the wireless communication device is embedded in a watch, a cell-phone, a broach, a pendant, a necklace, a ring, an earring, an article of clothing, a clothing label, a wallet or a key-chain.

13. The wireless communication device of claim 10, wherein the wireless communication device is integrated into a smart card.

14. A method for facilitating sharing of information based on wireless one-to-one communication between at least two users of a service provider via software implemented in a server of the service provider and in each of a plurality of wireless devices, the method comprising:

storing information for a plurality of users;

respectively associating a plurality of wireless communication devices with respective accounts for the plurality of users including at least a first party and a second party;

confirming a common location event mutually designated between the first and second parties by comparing respective unique location event identifications generated by the respective wireless communication devices of the first and second parties in response to the respective wireless communication devices of the first and second parties being mutually operated within a predetermined limited timeframe at a common location to designate the common location event;

in response to confirmation of the common location event designated between the first and second parties, enabling the first and second parties to perform a one-to-one exchange of transaction information between the corresponding wireless communication devices of the first and second parties; and

enabling at least one of the first party and the second party to have access to information maintained in one or more databases in association with the network service based on the transaction information exchanged between the corresponding wireless communication devices of the first and second parties,

wherein the common location event is designated between the first and second parties in response to the corresponding wireless communication devices of the first and second parties being mutually operated within the predetermined limited timeframe at the common location to perform at least one of;

recording data pertaining to at least one of sound, light, atmosphere, and radiation present at the common location, processing an encoded signal that includes at least one of GPS, QR-code, speech, and lettering data received at the common location, and receiving common user-input data on each of the corresponding wireless communication devices of the first and second parties.

15. A wireless one-to-one communication method, the method comprising:

providing a plurality of wireless devices;

registering at least a first party and a second party, each having a corresponding wireless communication device, with a service provider so as to respectively associate each of the first party and the second party with a corresponding wireless communication device of a plurality of wireless communication devices;

storing a unique electronic identification respectively associated with each of the plurality of wireless communication devices in a data server having a database that is configured to limit access of third parties to information associated with the unique electronic identifications;

confirming a common location event mutually designated between the first and second parties in response to the corresponding wireless communication devices of the first and second parties being mutually operated within a predetermined limited timeframe at a common location to designate the common location event by performing at least one of;

recording data pertaining to at least one of sound, light, atmosphere, and radiation present at the common location, processing an encoded signal that includes at least one of GPS, QR-code, speech, and lettering data received at the common location, and receiving common user-input data on each of the corresponding wireless communication devices of the first and second parties;

in response to a confirmation of the common location event designated between the first and second parties, enabling the first and second parties to perform a one-to-one exchange between the corresponding wireless communication devices of the first and second parties of at least one of the unique electronic identification respectively associated with the corresponding wireless communication devices of the first and second parties

acquiring the at least one unique electronic identification in response to the first and second parties performing the one-to-one exchange between the corresponding wireless communication devices of the first and second parties;

uploading the at least one unique electronic identification to the service provider; and

based on the at least one unique identification uploaded to the service provider, allowing access to information about at least one of the first party and the second from the data server.