# US 2022/0044291 A1 · Methods and systems for a private market: facilitating connections between buyers and sellers or exchangers of products and services while maintaining privacy > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2022/0044291 A1 - Document ID: US20220044291A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/409,435 - Filed: 2021-08-23 - Published: 2022-02-10 - Earliest claimed: 2007-07-03 - Assignees: Collabra Technology, Inc. - Applicants: Collabra Technology, Inc. - Inventors: Janet E. Case; Peter Spicer - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220044291A1 ## CPC - G06Q 30/06: Buying, selling or leasing transactions - G06F 21/6254: {by anonymising data, e.g. decorrelating personal data from the owner's identification} - G06Q 30/0615: {Anonymizing} - G06Q 30/0617: {Representative agent} - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A system and method are described that facilitate bilateral private interaction between participants who wish to initiate personal or business arrangements anonymously or without exposure except to identified trusted parties and the system and method act as an intermediary allowing the participants, typically buyers and sellers, to be matched based upon requests for and offers of goods and services, without revealing the identity or other identifying information about either the items or the participants until the participants choose to reveal that information. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A private market system, comprising: one or more buying parties, wherein each buying party interacts with the system using a processing unit based device; one or more selling parties, wherein each selling party interacts with the system using a processing unit based device; a private market unit; a network capable of connecting the one or more buying parties and the one or more selling parties to the private market unit; and the private market unit further comprising an offer repository storing one or more offers of products or services with privacy levels attached to each offer from the one or more selling parties, a request repository storing one or more requests for products or services from the one or more buying parties, an anonymity repository storing a set of anonymity parameters for each of the one or more buying parties and the one or more selling parties, a matching engine that matches a particular offer in the offer repository with one or more requests in the request repository while maintaining the anonymity of the buying parties to generate a matching request and the selling party and a notification engine that notifies a buying party associated with the matching request of the match based on the privacy levels of the offers and the parameters stored in the anonymity repository for the selling party associated with the particular offer and the relationship between the buying party and the selling party. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the anonymity repository further comprises a network group for each selling party wherein the network group identifies one or more network members who are one or more buying parties or one or more selling parties that are part of network for the selling party. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, wherein the privacy level attached to each offer further comprises a public offer that is displayable to any buying party or any selling party, a network private offer that is displayable to the one or more network members of the selling party or a private offer that is displayable to the selling party. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The system of claim 3, wherein the anonymity repository stores a relationship level of a buying party and a selling party associated with a matched offer, wherein the relationship level further comprises an owner of the offer, a network member of the selling party or a buying party who is not a network member of the selling party. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, wherein the notification engine displays the offer based on the relationship level between the selling party and the buying party and the privacy level of the offer. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The system of claim 5, wherein the notification engine displays the offer to the owner of the offer at all times. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The system of claim 5, wherein the notification engine displays an offer with a public privacy level to any buying party or any selling party. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The system of claim 5, wherein the notification engine displays an offer with a network private privacy level to the owner of the offer or one or more network members for the selling party of the offer. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) The system of claim 5, wherein the notification engine displays an offer with a private privacy level to only the owner of the offer. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the network further comprises the Internet. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein the private market unit further comprises one or more server computers that execute a plurality of lines of computer code. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein each buying party further comprises an individual, an entity, an agent of the individual or an agent of the entity. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein each selling party further comprises an individual, an entity, an agent of the individual or an agent of the entity. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the offer repository, the request repository and the anonymity repository each further comprise a relational database. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the matching engine refines a match if no match is located. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the matching engine initiates contact between the selling party and the buying party. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the privacy level for an offer is changeable by the owner of the offer. ### Claim 18 A computer implemented private market system between one or more buying parties and one or more selling parties who are connected by a private market unit, the method comprising: storing one or more offers of products or services with privacy levels attached to each offer from the one or more selling parties; storing one or more requests for products or services from the one or more buying parties; storing a set of anonymity parameters for each of the one or more buying parties and the one or more selling parties; matching a particular offer in the offer repository with one or more requests in the request repository while maintaining the anonymity of the buying parties to generate a matching request and the selling party; and notifying a buying party associated with the matching request of the match based on the privacy levels of the offers and the parameters stored in the anonymity repository for the selling party associated with the particular offer and the relationship between the buying party and the selling party. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, wherein the anonymity repository further comprises a network group for each selling party wherein the network group identifies one or more network members who are one or more buying parties or one or more selling parties that are part of network for the selling party. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, wherein the privacy level attached to each offer further comprises a public offer that is displayable to any buying party or any selling party, a network private offer that is displayable to the one or more network members of the selling party or a private offer that is displayable to the selling party. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The method of claim 20 further comprising storing a relationship level of a buying party and a selling party associated with a matched offer, wherein the relationship level further comprises an owner of the offer, a network member of the selling party or a buying party who is not a network member of the selling party. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21, wherein notifying a buying party further comprises displaying the offer based on the relationship level between the selling party and the buying party and the privacy level of the offer. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The method of claim 22, wherein displaying the offer based on the relationship level between the selling party and the buying party and the privacy level of the offer further comprises displaying the offer to the owner of the offer at all times. ### Claim 24 (depends on 22) The method of claim 22, wherein displaying the offer based on the relationship level between the selling party and the buying party and the privacy level of the offer further comprises displaying an offer with a public privacy level to any buying party or any selling party. ### Claim 25 (depends on 22) The method of claim 22, wherein displaying the offer based on the relationship level between the selling party and the buying party and the privacy level of the offer further comprises displaying an offer with a network private privacy level to the owner of the offer or one or more network members for the selling party of the offer. ### Claim 26 (depends on 22) The method of claim 22, wherein displaying the offer based on the relationship level between the selling party and the buying party and the privacy level of the offer further comprises displaying offer with a private privacy level to only the owner of the offer. ### Claim 27 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, wherein each buying party further comprises an individual, an entity, an agent of the individual or an agent of the entity. ### Claim 28 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, wherein each selling party further comprises an individual, an entity, an agent of the individual or an agent of the entity. ### Claim 29 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, wherein matching a particular offer in the offer repository with one or more requests in the request repository while maintaining the anonymity of the buying parties further comprises refining a match if no match is located. ### Claim 30 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, wherein matching a particular offer in the offer repository with one or more requests in the request repository while maintaining the anonymity of the buying parties further comprises initiating contact between the selling party and the buying party. ### Claim 31 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, wherein the privacy level for an offer is changeable by the owner of the offer. ### Claim 32 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein each processing unit based device further comprises a server computer, a personal computer, a personal digital assistant device, a converged electronic device, a cellular phone device or a mobile phone device.