Patent ID: 8392447
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. An internet-based delivery platform connected to a communications network for distributing goods or services based on information sent from an internet device to the delivery platform, said platform comprising: a) a computing device and a computer operations program, module or code for operating an internet-based delivery platform; b) an internet interface accessible by a user internet device, said internet interface configured for receiving a symbol command message including a smart symbol command from a user, wherein the smart symbol command comprises a basic symbol command and at least one of a functional command or a keyword command that modifies the basic symbol command, wherein the functional command defines a quantitative parameter of a good or service associated with the basic symbol command, and the keyword command defines a qualitative parameter of a good or service associated with the basic symbol command; c) a symbol command directory with a database having a plurality of basic symbol commands that are associated with one or more goods or services, and one or more functional and keyword commands; d) a comparison program, module or code for comparing at least a part of the symbol command message with the plurality of basic symbol commands and the functional and keyword commands listed in the database of the symbol command directory; and e) a distribution program, module or code for bypassing an internet website to directly implement a distribution of a good or service associated in the symbol command directory with the basic symbol command according to the at least one functional command or keyword command in the symbol command message to prevent a direct interfacing between the user and a separate vendor distributing the good or service.