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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2010
Toru Aihara, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Shivkumar Kalyanaraman, Bangalore, IN;
Noboru Kamijo, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Koichi Kamijo, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kiran Appasaheb Kate, Mumbai, IN;
Alwyn R. Lobo, Bangalore, IN;
Masana Murase, Tokyo, JP;
Toru Aihara, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Shivkumar Kalyanaraman, Bangalore, IN;
Noboru Kamijo, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Koichi Kamijo, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kiran Appasaheb Kate, Mumbai, IN;
Alwyn R. Lobo, Bangalore, IN;
Masana Murase, Tokyo, JP;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and arrangements for processing face-to-face mobile phone transactions. An agreed-upon price for a product is accepted from a buyer mobile phone and a seller mobile phone. Distinct random numbers are assigned to each of the buyer and seller mobile phones. The random number assigned to the seller mobile phone is received from the buyer mobile phone, and the random number assigned to the buyer mobile phone is received from the seller mobile phone. A match is ascertained between the buyer and seller mobile phones based on receipt from the buyer mobile phone the random number assigned to the seller mobile phone and receipt from the seller mobile phone the random number assigned to the buyer mobile phone.