Patent ID: 8577756
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for providing transaction services, comprising: receiving, at a computer processor device of an entity via a first user interface, a transaction service template having data fields configured to specify items and identifiers of physical locations in which each of the items resides, the transaction service template including entries presented in the data fields, the transaction service template mapping the items to corresponding physical locations; providing, via the computer processor device, a second user interface to an end user device, the second user interface including a portion of the data fields of the transaction service template; using a global positioning system of the end user device to determine a physical location of the end user device; in response to a transaction request that includes one of the items, populating an identifier of a corresponding physical location of the one of the items in the transaction request within the second user interface and providing for display a tag on the end user device indicative of a relative location of the end user device with respect to a physical establishment of the entity as a transaction response; and monitoring a status of the items, and distributing an offer to bid on addressing needs identified for the items based on results of the monitoring.