Patent ID: 8818860

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving priority information at a device, wherein the priority information designates priorities of contacts and includes a first priority contact having a first priority and a second priority contact having a second priority; receiving at the device, via a user interface of the device, first offer information associated with a good, a service, or a combination thereof from an offer originator, the first offer information specifying a first time period for acceptance of a first offer based on the first offer information; receiving, via the user interface, second offer information associated with the good, the service, or the combination thereof from the offer originator, the second offer information specifying a second time period for acceptance of a second offer based on the second offer information; after receiving the first offer information and the second offer information, receiving a request from the offer originator to distribute an offer associated with the good, the service, or the combination thereof; in response to receiving the request to distribute the offer, automatically sending the first offer from the device to the first priority contact without sending the first offer to contacts having a lower priority than the first priority; and upon detection by the device of expiration of the first time period without receiving an acceptance of the first offer from the first priority contact, automatically sending the second offer from the device to the second priority contact without sending the second offer to contacts having a lower priority than the second priority.