Apparatus and methods for community based purchasing by...

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C705S027200

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07865400

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.

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Beckett, Jamie; “Personal Technology . . . escrow services in deman as net auctions proliferate,” San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 14, 1999, Proquest #38035765, 5pgs.

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