Method and Apparatus for Operating an Object Lending Network
AssigneeSymbiAutic, Corp.
InventorJason William Love
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Abstract
A peer-to-peer management device for managing the exchange of a selected item in a peer-to-peer exchange includes a processor communicatively connected to memory, a network interface, a non-transitory storage medium. The non-transitory storage medium may include a search receive module, a list creator module, a list sender module, a selection receive module, a personal identification token generator module, a confirmation sender module, a confirmation receiver module, a tracker module, and a return receiver module. The system may receive a) an identification token that has been entered by a first user on a second device and b) an identification token that has been entered by a second user on a first device.
Claims20
A peer-to-peer management device for managing the exchange of a selected item in a peer-to-peer exchange, the device comprising:
- a processor;
- memory, communicatively connected to a processor;
- a network interface, the network interface communicatively connected to the processor;
- a non-transitory storage medium, communicatively connected to the processor, the non-transitory storage medium containing:
- a search receive module, the search receive module receiving, from a first device, an item request data packet;
- a list creator module, the list creator module generating a list of a number of items based on the item request data packet after retrieving data associated with a plurality of items stored in a database of items;
- a list sender module, the list sender module sending to the first device a list of a number of items based on the item request data packet;
- a selection receive module, the selection receive module receiving, from the first device, an item selection identifying the selected item from the list of a number of items;
- a personal identification token generator module, the personal identification token generator module generating a first personal identification token identifying a first user and a second personal identification token identifying a second user;
- a confirmation sender module, the sender module sending an amount of sent confirmation data to the first device and a second device;
- a confirmation receiver module, the confirmation receiver receiving, from at least one of the first device and the second device, an amount of confirmation data;
- a tracker module, the tracker module tracking possession of the selected item;
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- a return receive module, the return receive module receiving data confirming the return of the selected item to the second user.
A method for exchanging at least one selected item using a peer-to-peer management device for managing the exchange of the at least one selected item in a peer-to-peer exchange, the method comprising:
- receiving, via a search receive module of the peer-to-peer management device, a list of user criteria from the first device, the user criteria identifying a plurality of attributes of at least one item of the plurality of items;
- determining, via a list create module of the peer-to-peer management device, a list presenting a plurality of items, each item of the portion of the plurality of items possessing at least one criteria matching at least one user criteria,
- sending, via a list sending module of the peer-to-peer management device, the list presenting the plurality of items to the first device;
- receiving, via a selection receive module of the peer-to-peer management device, a user selection, the user selection being an item in the list of the number of items;
- generating a first personal identification token, by a personal identification token generator of the peer-to-peer management device, the first personal identification token identifying the user of the first device;
- confirmation sending, by a confirmation sender module of the peer-to-peer management device, when the first personal identification token has been created by the peer-to-peer management device, to the first device;
- confirming receiver, via a confirmation receive module of the peer-to-peer management device, an inputted token on a second device matches the first personal identification token;
- tracking, via a tracking module of the peer-to-peer management device, the possession of the selected item.
A method for identifying items to acquire a peer-to-peer management device for managing the exchange of the at least one selected item in a peer-to-peer exchange, the method comprising:
- accepting, via a potential purchase module of the peer-to-peer management device, the potential purchase module receiving a list user criteria;
- identifying a number of attributes of a number of user desired items;
- identifying, via a targeted acquisition module, an acquisition item, the acquisition item being an item that meets the list user criteria and the list of user criteria identifying a number of attributes of a number of user desired item;
- and,
- notifying, via an acquisition opportunity module, a shopping user of the acquisition item.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.