Patent ID: 8533059

Claim:
A system, comprising: a memory comprising program instructions; and one or more processors coupled to said memory, wherein the program instructions are executable by at least one of said one or more processors to: receive at a communication device a message indicating a code from a message-based purchase service, wherein said message is received at the communication device subsequent to a determination by the message-based purchase service that a location of the communication device is within a given geographical region, wherein said code indicates a selection of a particular item by a user of a network-based interface for a sales listing of the particular item offered for sale via the network-based interface, wherein said user is linked to a user account that is also linked to said communication device; receive input at the communication device to generate a message including said code in order to generate a purchase request for the user to order the particular item; and send from the communication device through a communication channel that does not include said network-based interface, the message including said code to the message based purchase service.