Patent ID: 7324957

Claim:
A system for commerce, comprising: an Internet-connected subscription server hosted by an enterprise, said server storing consumer profiles or accessing stored consumer profiles; at least one Internet-connected computerized appliance and wireless LAN of at least one commercial business registered as a subscriber with the host of the Internet-connected server, the business selling one or more products or services; and portable communication devices enabled to connect to the wireless LAN provided by the commercial business when within range of the wireless LAN, the portable communication devices in the possession of consumers, and configured to receive and download digital coupons from the at least one commercial business, when within range of the wireless LAN, the digital coupons having specific value related to one or more of the products or services wherein the products or services are determined according to preferences created by the consumer and stored at the enterprise; said subscription server configured to match said consumer profiles with identification of said at least one commercial business, select one or more commercial businesses as matches, and to enable the receipt of said digital coupons only from the computerized appliances of one or more said commercial businesses matching preferences in the stored profiles of consumers.