Patent ID: 7546254
Filing Date: 2009-06-09
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A wireless connectivity and electronic commerce system, the system comprising: a database for storing a plurality of merchant ID's of a plurality of participating merchants in association with information indicative of geographic location; merchant information data associated with each of the merchant ID's, the merchant information data being accessible by merchants so that merchants can add, delete or alter information associated with their merchant ID; a plurality of digital cellular phones, each of the digital cellular phones comprising: a display; audio output and input equipment to allow voice communication on a digital cellular network, a user interface for allowing an user to generate digital messages; a transmitter and receiver for wireless connectivity so as to allow a digital message generated on the digital cellular phones to be transmitted to hardware equipped to receive such messages; a position locator system for determining the geographic position of the digital cellular phones; a search engine for querying the database to determine the merchant ID of all participating merchants located near a digital cellular phone and retrieving merchant information data pertaining to selected participating merchants and transmitting the information to the digital cellular phone; and the user interface comprising a plurality of menu options stored on the digital cellular phone so as to allow a user to construct a search query specifying a type of merchant solely through a combination of a plurality of menu choices.