Patent ID: 8532565

Claim:
A method of buying and selling goods and services via a transparent commodity trading network, comprising: broadcasting a need of a first party to other mobile communications devices via a first mobile communications device associated with the first party, comprising broadcasting the need to a mobile communications device associated with a third party without alerting the third party as the first mobile communications device and the third party mobile communications device move and pass within a predetermined distance of each other, wherein the third party mobile communications device is configured to serve as a mule that carries and broadcasts the need of the first party to other mobile communications devices without alerting the third party as the third party mobile communications device moves and passes within a predetermined distance of the other mobile communications devices; identifying via the first mobile device an offering of a second party that matches the broadcast need via a second mobile communications device that passes within a predete mined distance of the third party mobile communications device; and communicating, via the first mobile communications device, with the second mobile communications device in response to the first mobile communications device determining that the broadcast need matches a corresponding offering of the second party.