US 9,519,925 B2 · Decentralized internet shopping marketplaces

Abstract

A method, medium, and system are provided to facilitate local or global exchange of goods and services through a decentralized network of peer-to-peer (P2P) nodes. In one aspect of the disclosure, the nodes may be maintained or operated by the participants in the marketplace system. In one aspect, the system may operate on both desktop and mobile devices. In one aspect, the system operates with decentralized data storage. In one aspect, the system operates with a decentralized system of incentives for participation of nodes. In one aspect, the system operates with decentralized communication. In one aspect, the system operates with a decentralized system to escrow payments between participants. In one aspect, the system operates with a decentralized system of load balancing. In one aspect, the system operates with a decentralized system by which certain listings can be prioritized in the network. In one aspect, the system operates with decentralized transaction processing. In one aspect, the system operates with a decentralized digital currency as the medium of exchange between participants.

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Dependent claims

A method of an electronic marketplace comprising the steps of:

storing in a publishing non-transient storage, by a publishing network node, a listing of a listing user wherein the listing comprises:
an item description, and a listing market ID associated with the listing user, and a listing digital signature of the listing user;
amending the listing with a node address of the publishing network node and a listing status;
communicating, by a peer-to-peer network, the listing from the publishing network node to a shopping network node;
storing the listing in a shopping non-transient storage of the shopping network node if the listing meets a shopping criterion of a shopping user;
and
sending, by the peer-to-peer network, a listing response from the shopping user to the publishing network node, wherein the listing response comprises a shopping market ID associated with the shopping user, and a shopping digital signature of the shopping user.

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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with an executable program stored thereon, wherein the program instructs a processor to perform the steps of:

storing in a publishing non-transient storage, by a publishing network node, a listing of a listing user wherein the listing comprises:
an item description, a listing market ID associated with the listing user, and a listing digital signature of the listing user;
amending the listing with a node address of the publishing network node and a listing status;
communicating, by a peer-to-peer network, the listing from the publishing network node to a shopping network node;
storing the listing in a shopping non-transient storage of the shopping network node if the listing meets a shopping criterion of a shopping user;
and
sending, by the peer-to-peer network, a listing response from the shopping user to the publishing network node, wherein the listing response comprises a shopping market ID associated with the shopping user, and a shopping digital signature of the shopping user.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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