Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of E-commerce, and more particularly to distributing commercial data associated with a plurality of commercial entities over a wireless communication channel to a remote vendee computer. A commercial data viewer application is provided to a vendee for installation on the remote vendee computer. Commercial data is received at a transmission server that comprises a microprocessor and a memory that stores the vendee's preference for an information format, a commerce object, a vendor, a transaction type. The microprocessor filters the received commercial data; generates a commercial notification comprising a name, a price, a transaction type, and a URL, which specifies the location of the server; formats the commercial notification; and transmits the formatted commercial notification the remote vendee computer.

Abstract: In some embodiments, systems are provided to enable a consumer to search the inventory of an enable a consumer to search the inventory of a plurality of unaffiliated brick-and-mortar retail entities to facilitate purchase opportunities. The system may include electronic user devices comprising a search interface stored thereon. Databases can be communicatively coupled to a plurality of unaffiliated brick-and-mortar retail entities and configured to store inventory transaction data points received from unaffiliated brick-and-mortar retail entities. Each inventory transaction data point can correspond to descriptive characteristics of a first inventory item. Search requests for second inventory items can be received from search interfaces. Inventory transaction data points that correspond to first inventory items that each share a threshold number of descriptive characteristics with some second inventory items.