Systems and methods for the identification and messaging of trading parties
View Patent ↗According to some embodiments, systems, methods, computer program code, and means are provided to receive a broadcast request and a message from a first mobile device where the first mobile device is associated with a first user, compare information in the message to information in a preferences database to match the message with at least a first recipient of the message, and to transmit the message to a second mobile device associated with at least the first recipient.
1. A method, comprising:
receiving a broadcast request and a message from a first mobile device in a single stream, the first mobile device associated with a first user, wherein at least a portion of the message comprises a first data item including a first plurality of textual characters and a second data item including a second plurality of textual characters;
comparing information in the message to information in a preferences database to match the message with at least a first recipient of the message;
encoding the at least a portion of the message into textual characters using one or more encoding tables containing unique short form information values associated with at least one data item of the at least a portion of the message;
and transmitting the encoded message including the encoded at least a portion of the message to a second mobile device associated with the at least first recipient, wherein the encoded message comprises the unique short form information values associated with the encoded at least a portion of the message, wherein the encoded message comprises the first data item concatenated with the second data item without any delimiter between the first data item and the second data item, and wherein the textual characters of the encoded message can be parsed and decoded by the second mobile device to display the selected data as user-readable information, the user-readable information being in at least one of a graphical and textual form.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the broadcast request is received from the first mobile device in an encoded form.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message is transmitted to the second mobile device in an encoded form.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first user is a seller of goods or services and the second user is a potential buyer of goods or services.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message is at least one of a voice message, a text message, a short message service text message, and an encoded short message service text message.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the matching is based on a location of the first user and a location of the second user.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the location is determined by at least one of the following:
analyzing a subscription pattern of weather and market content;
examining a user profile that contains at least one of an address, a mobile phone number, and an area code;
triangulating signals from a plurality of telecom towers;
and locating a latitude and longitude by a global positioning system.
8. The method of claim 4 , wherein the first user is a seller of a commodity and the matching is based on at least one of a type of a commodity, a grade of the commodity, and an available volume of the commodity.
9. The method of claim 4 , wherein the first user is a seller of a commodity and the matching is based on a first preset price limit set by the first user and a second preset price limit set by the second user.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first user is a seller and the first recipient is a group of buyers.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first user is a buyer and the first recipient is a group of sellers.
12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message includes at least two of an indication of a commodity, a price of the commodity, a quantity of the commodity, and user contact information.
13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the broadcast request contains at least one of a home location, a radius, and a commodity.