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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2006
Sean Scott Rogers, San Diego, CA (US);
Brian Minear, San Diego, CA (US);
Richard Wayne Gardner, Iii, Rancho Santa Fe, CA (US);
Stephen A. Sprigg, Poway, CA (US);
Sean Scott Rogers, San Diego, CA (US);
Brian Minear, San Diego, CA (US);
Richard Wayne Gardner, III, Rancho Santa Fe, CA (US);
Stephen A. Sprigg, Poway, CA (US);
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Community based purchasing methods and apparatus for products/services may include accumulating micro payments from a plurality of mobile buyers equipped with wireless communication devices. A seller, upon notification of accumulation of a predetermined total of micro payments, may then deliver the product/service. Payment by a mobile user may be escrowed upon receipt of the micro payment and be released to the seller upon delivery of the product/service. Product/services purchased using community based purchasing methods and apparatus may include digital content streamed to a buyer's wireless communication device and live performances viewed directly by the buyer.