Witnessed ad-hoc uservices
US10445800B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 1, 2011 |
| Grant date | Oct 15, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 10, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W84/18
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A service may be any device hardware and/or software, or portion thereof, that can be identified by a provider for sharing with or selling to a consumer device in accord with a negotiation for its sharing or selling. The consumer may be any machine capable of consuming or providing a service; artificial intelligence may facilitate the sharing/selling. A witness may: track negotiations for sharing/selling, authenticate consumers/providers, and facilitate financial payments between consumers/providers. Financial charges may be micro-charges, e.g., very low cost. A consumer/provider may have an associated reputation that may affect the negotiation, and a party may be transitory and/or in an environment risking interruption of the sharing or selling, and these characteristics may affect the negotiation. The witness may electively cover losses to the consumer/provider, particularly when the cost of the transaction is a micro-charge.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.