Method of electronic bidding over networks through data tagging and data scanning
AssigneeAT&T Corp.
InventorsSteven Charles Salimando, Sunny M. Youn
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Abstract
A communication circulation system in a network that includes a communication circulation device coupled to a plurality of terminals. The communication circulation device receives a content message from one of the terminals and circulates the content message in a content space established by the communication circulation device. The content message has a tag that corresponds to an area of interest. When another content message is encountered that has a tag that matches the tag of the content message, subscribers of both content messages are informed so that communication between the subscribers may be established.
Claims18
A method for operating a network marketplace, comprising:
- receiving a content message associated with a first terminal directed to an agent operating in a content space established by a communication circulation device, the content message not requiring a specified destination address, the content space being a portion of the network marketplace established by the communication circulation device wherein similar content messages are matched with each other based on a degree of similarity between compared content messages;
- searching for a possible matching content message in the communication circulation device based on an agent scheme directed to negotiation;
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- transmitting information to at least one of the first terminal and a second terminal associated with the possible matching content message.
A network marketplace, comprising:
- a communication circulation device establishing a content space;
- an agent operating in the content space receiving a content message associated with a first terminal and further not requiring a specified destination address, wherein the agent searches for a possible matching content message in the communication circulation device based on an agent scheme directed to negotiation and transmits information to at least one of the first terminal and a second terminal associated with the possible matching content message.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.