Patent ID: 8548856
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for transmitting a signal wherein the signal is transmitted by a user to request a good or a service provided by a merchant wherein the user requests the good or the service by the transmission of the signal, the apparatus comprising: a memory that stores a plurality of signals associated with a plurality of merchants wherein each of the plurality of signals is associated with a corresponding one of the good or the service provided by the plurality of merchants and further wherein each of the signals is associated with data provided by the plurality of merchants wherein the memory stores the data; an input means connected to the memory; and a screen that displays a request for information wherein the user provides the information using the input means and further wherein the information indicates a location of the user wherein the memory determines selected signals of the plurality of signals based on comparison of the information to the data and further wherein the data of the selected signals corresponds to the information and further wherein a portion of the data of the selected signals corresponds to the location wherein the memory transmits the selected signals to the screen and further wherein the screen displays the selected signals wherein the user selects the signal from the selected signals using the input means and further wherein the signal has a visual representation of the good or the service wherein the screen displays the visual representation associated with the signal in response to selection of the signal from the selected signals wherein the memory, the input means and the screen are provided by a cellular telephone.