Method and system for automatic brokered transactions
US6999589B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 29, 2001 |
| Grant date | Feb 14, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 6, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W84/18
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
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 p…
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