Patent ID: 6999589
Filing Date: 2006-02-14
Classification: G06Q,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for brokering a transaction between a plurality of wireless communication devices, comprising the steps of: a) enabling each wireless device to transmit data directly to and receive data directly from other similarly enabled wireless devices over a wireless personal area network, wherein each wireless device is a client device associated with a user; b) entering a request related to an object to be brokered into a first enabled wireless device; c) transmitting the request directly from the first wireless device to other wireless devices over the wireless personal area network such that the users associated with each of the other enabled wireless devices are notified of the request; d) receiving a response to the request by a third party facilitator from a user of a wireless device interested in completing the transaction; and e) completing the transaction by the third party facilitator.