Real-time priced (RTP) cellular service marketplace

A computer-implemented system for buying and selling cellular service, comprising:

• a processor, and
• a memory in communication with the processor wherein the memory containing program instructions which when executed by the processor, perform the following operations comprising:
• receiving and storing at least one capacity offer for a quantity of cellular service initiated by at least one seller, wherein the at least one seller is a first buyer who has purchased an excess quantity of cellular service including the quantity of cellular service from a cellular service provider;
• processing one or more capacity discovery requests initiated by one or more buyers for a quantity of cellular service, wherein the one or more buyers are subsequent buyers of the cellular service;
• matching at least one of the one or more capacity discovery requests with at least one of the stored capacity offers;
• wherein one of the one or more buyers purchases the offered quantity of cellular service;
• deducting the quantity of cellular service purchased by the one of the one or more buyers from the service profile of the at least one seller;
• and
• adding the purchased quantity of cellular service to the service profile of the one of the one or more buyers.

A computer program product stored on a computer readable medium for buying and selling cellular service, comprising computer readable programming for causing a computer to control an execution of an application for buying and selling cellular services comprising:

• receiving and storing at least one capacity offer for cellular service initiated by at least one seller, wherein the at least one seller is a first buyer who has purchased an excess quantity of cellular service including the quantity of cellular service from a cellular service provider;
• processing one or more capacity discovery requests initiated by one or more buyers for a quantity of cellular service, wherein the one or more buyers are subsequent buyers of the cellular service;
• matching at least one of the one or more capacity discovery requests with the at least one of the stored capacity offers;
• wherein one of the one or more buyer purchases the offered quantity of cellular service;
• deducting the quantity of cellular service purchased by the one of the one or more buyers from the service profile of the at least one seller;
• and
• adding the purchased quantity of cellular service to the service profile of the one of the one or more buyers.