Patent ID: 9324105
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: storing, by a first wireless device, a first profile, wherein the first profile is associated with an online service provider, and wherein the first profile comprises (i) an indication of a first one or more items that a first user of the first wireless device desires to buy, and (ii) a first user identification that the first user uses to access the online service provider; receiving, over a wireless local area network (WLAN) and by the first wireless device, a WLAN beacon from a second wireless device, wherein each of the first wireless device and the second wireless device is connected to the same WLAN, wherein the beacon comprises a second profile associated with the online service provider, wherein the second profile comprises (i) an indication of a second one or more items that a second user of the second wireless device desires to sell, and (ii) a second user identification that the second user uses to access the online service provider; extracting, by the first wireless device, the second profile from the received WLAN beacon; comparing, by the first wireless device, the first profile and the second profile; in response to comparing the first profile and the second profile, determining, by the first wireless device, that an indication of a first item is included in each of (i) the indication of the first one or more items from the first profile and (ii) the indication of the second one or more items from the second profile; displaying, by the first wireless device, a match indicator to the first user; after displaying the match indicator and in response to a first user action, accessing, by the first wireless device, the online service provider using the first user identification; while accessing the online service provider, identifying the second user using the second user identification included in the extracted second profile; and based on identifying the second user, completing, by the first wireless device, a transaction via the online service provider to buy the first item from the second user.