Patent ID: 8140406

Claim:
A method for personal data submission, comprising: receiving, by a user processing device, data related to an item, the item being associated with a listed price, wherein the data is received by wirelessly scanning a product identifier associated with the item by the user processing device from a retail establishment and the item is being offered for sale at the retail establishment at the listed price; receiving, by the user processing device, data related to a user requested price for the item, wherein the user requested price is less than the listed price; transmitting, by the user processing device, a request to purchase the item at the user request price to a first seller of the item, wherein the first seller is not associated with the retail establishment; in response to receiving an indication that the first seller accepts the user requested price, displaying a selectable offer to the user to purchase the item at the user requested price from the first seller; and in response to displaying the offer to the user to purchase the item at the user requested price, displaying an additional selectable option to the user to lock the user requested price for a subsequent purchase of the item.