Device, System, and Method of Soliciting and Accepting Offers from Merchant Members of a Virtual Network

A system, comprising:

• a computer memory storage module configured to store executable computer programming code;
• and
• a computer processor module operatively coupled to the computer memory storage module, wherein the computer processor module is configured to execute the computer programming code to perform the following steps:
• wirelessly communicating to a commercial network a need for a user to purchase a service or a good, wherein the commercial network includes a plurality of merchant members that offer services or goods for sale;
• establishing, at least in part via the radio component, a plurality of electronic channels of communication between a mobile computing device of the user and respective electronic devices of a subset of the plurality of merchant members;
• receiving, through the electronic channels of communication, respective offers from the subset of the plurality of merchant members directed to the service or the good needed by the user;
• electronically communicating, to the user, the respective offers received from the subset of the merchant members;
• accepting, in response to input from the user, one of the offers offered by a selected merchant in the subset;
• and
• in response to the accepting of the one of the offers, automatically terminating the electronic channels of communication between the mobile computing device and the respective electronic devices of the rest of the merchant members while maintaining the electronic channel of communication between the mobile computing device and the electronic device of the selected merchant.

A method, comprising:

• communicating, at least in part via a radio component of a mobile computing device of a user, to a commercial network a need for the user to purchase a service or a good, wherein the commercial network includes a plurality of merchant members that offer services or goods for sale;
• establishing, at least in part via the radio component of the mobile computing device, a plurality of electronic channels of communication between the mobile computing device and respective electronic devices of a subset of the plurality of merchant members;
• receiving, from the subset of the plurality of merchant members through the electronic channels of communication, respective offers for the service or the good needed by the user, wherein the receiving is performed at least in part via the radio component of the mobile computing device;
• displaying, on a screen of the mobile computing device, the respective offers received from the subset of the merchant members;
• accepting, in response to a user engagement of the screen, one of the offers offered by a selected merchant member in the subset;
• and
• in response to the accepting of the one of the offers, automatically terminating the electronic channels of communication between the mobile computing device and the respective electronic devices of the rest of the merchant members while maintaining the electronic channel of communication between the mobile computing device and the electronic device of the selected merchant member.