Patent ID: 9129317
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, from a seller system, seller classified profile information via a network; receiving, from a buyer system, buyer classified profile information via the network, wherein the buyer classified profile information comprises one or more user rules that indicate a transmission preference for transmission of a notification of a match; receiving, from a Global Positioning System (GPS) enabled device associated with a buyer, polling information via the network, wherein the polling information comprises an approximate location of the GPS enabled device; matching, in response to receiving the polling information, the buyer classified profile information to the seller classified profile information based on at least one of the seller classified profile information, the buyer classified profile information, and the polling information; applying the one or more user rules to the notification of the match, wherein the one or more user rules specify one or more predetermined types of content associated with the notification of the match that are automatically transmitted; performing a distance determination by determining whether the approximate location of the GPS enabled device is within a specified distance from a location associated with the matched seller classified profile information; determining, by at least one computer processor, based on the one or more applied user rules and the distance determination, whether to receive input from the buyer associated with the GPS enabled device prior to transmitting the content associated with the notification of the match; transmitting the notification of the match and the content associated with the notification of the match to the GPS enabled device via the network in accordance with the determination and the transmission preference indicated by the applied one or more user rules; receiving purchase request information that comprises a request to purchase one or more items of interest associated with the match from the GPS enabled device via the network; and billing the buyer associated with the GPS enabled device based on at least the purchase request information.