Secure service matching

One or more tangible, non-transitory computer-readable mediums having stored thereon executable instructions to instruct a processor to:

• receive an encrypted payload comprising a request from a consumer to purchase an item or service, the encrypted payload including information about the consumer;
• receive a seller's availability to sell the item or service;
• receive the seller's preferences for selling the item or service;
• without exposing the information about the consumer to the seller, determine that the request matches the seller's availability and preferences;
• and
• send a notification that the seller will sell the item or service.

A computer-implemented method of brokering the purchase or the sale of an item or service between a seller and a consumer, comprising:

• receiving an encrypted payload comprising a request to purchase the item or service, the encrypted payload including information about the consumer;
• determining the seller's availability to sell the item or service;
• determining the seller's preferences for selling the item or service;
• without exposing the information about the consumer to the seller, determining that the seller is available and willing to sell the item or service;
• and
• sending to the consumer a notification that the seller will sell the item or service.