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US 2010/0250392 A1Published application
System and Method for Item Identification and Purchase
AssigneeSybase 365, Inc.
InventorRobert C. Lovell, JR.
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Abstract
A method and system for handling message-based requests for information about items, and for handling optional message-based purchases of same, includes receiving a request message from a mobile subscriber relating to an item that is of interest to the mobile subscriber, routing the request message for processing, performing one or more activities in accordance with the request message, and returning one or more response messages to the mobile subscriber.
Claims8
A system for facilitating a transaction related to an item of interest identified by a user of a mobile device, comprising:
- a messaging inter-carrier vendor linked to a wireless carrier associated with the mobile device, the messaging inter-carrier vendor configured to receive one or more of an item identifier message and a purchase message associated with the item of interest, wherein information contained in the item identifier message and purchase message includes a destination address of a service provider associated with the item of interest and item identifier information;
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- one or more service providers linked to the messaging inter-carrier vendor, wherein the messaging inter-carrier vendor is configured to send the item identifier message to a designated service provider of the one or more service providers based on the information in the item identifier message.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.