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Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 14, 2012
Applicants:

Dominic Dan Suciu, Edmonds, WA (US);

Patrick John Ennis, Fall City, WA (US);

Alexander Knight, Seattle, WA (US);

Vlad Grigore Dabija, Mountian View, CA (US);

Timothy Martin Londergan, Seattle, WA (US);

David Walter Ash, Bellevue, WA (US);

Raghuram Madabushi, Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Dominic Dan Suciu, Edmonds, WA (US);

Patrick John Ennis, Fall City, WA (US);

Alexander Knight, Seattle, WA (US);

Vlad Grigore Dabija, Mountian View, CA (US);

Timothy Martin Londergan, Seattle, WA (US);

David Walter Ash, Bellevue, WA (US);

Raghuram Madabushi, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2012.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); H04M 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0611 (2013.01); H04M 15/805 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one example, a user interface may be configured to receive input from a hosting device, a transmitter may be configured to solicit competing bids to subscribing devices for a requested service based on the input from the hosting device, a queue may be configured to store bids from third-parties in response to the transmitted request for bids for the requested service, and a receiver may be configured to receive a manifestation of the requested service from one of the third-parties whose received bid was accepted.


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