Patent ID: 8116825
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A mobile device for electronic commerce, the device comprising: a mobile housing; a microprocessor based unit coupled to a memory storage device in the housing; a display coupled to the housing and coupled to the microprocessor based unit; a wireless receiver coupled to the microprocessor based unit, the wireless receiver being adapted to receive broadcast information that is of interest to multiple users from a lower cost one-way wireless network, the broadcast information being derived from an information server; and a wireless transceiver coupled to the microprocessor based unit, the wireless transceiver being adapted to send an acknowledgment of display of the broadcast information to the information server if the broadcast information is displayed by the mobile device, the acknowledgment of display is sent on a higher cost two-way wireless network that provides one-to-one transmission, and further adapted to send and receive second information on the higher cost two-way wireless network, a higher cost of the higher cost wireless network being relative to a lower cost of the lower cost wireless network.