Context-aware market-making service

A method of:

• maintaining a mobile virtual network operators system (the system), which is a single point of contact for wireless customers accessing a variety of services offered by a plurality of vendors;
• generating a promotional offer using a computer network;
• generating a solicitation proposal using a computer network;
• generating a purchase proposal using a computer network;
• maintaining a customer database including a plurality of purchase histories, wherein each purchase history is associated with a customer;
• maintaining a vendor database including a plurality of sale histories, wherein each sale history is associated with a vendor;
• identifying the customer's needs based on the customer's purchase history;
• searching the vendor's database to locate the vendor supplying the product needed by the customer;
• comparing the results of the vendor database search and identifying the vendor who carries the product that meets the customer's needs;
• and
• presenting the customer the best available deal in the system from the comparing step.

A system for enabling a plurality of mobile wireless customers to access variety of services offered by a plurality of vendors via a single network operator, the system comprising:

• a customer database including purchase histories, whereas each purchase history is associated with a respective customer from the plurality of customers;
• a vendor database including a plurality of sale histories, wherein each sale history is associated with a respective vendor from the plurality of vendors;
• a set of rules driven from the plurality of the customer's accumulated purchase histories;
• and
• a wireless network to communicate information based on said set of rules to the system customers.