Transaction Intermediary apparatus, method and system with negotiation capability for transaction of goods or services through communication network
First Claim
1. A transaction intermediary apparatus with a negotiation capability for trading goods or services between buyers and sellers for achieving buyer driven transactions including transactions resulted from negotiation requests initiated by buyers, comprising:
- a first offer data receiving means for receiving first offer data which includes price data of goods or services provided by at least one seller;
a second offer data receiving means for receiving at least one kind of second offer data which has conditions more beneficial to buyers in price or quality than that of the first offer data;
a requested condition data receiving means for receiving conditions requested by a buyer which includes at least a price range desired by the buyer for the goods or services;
a data retrieving means for retrieving data concerning goods or services which matches the conditions requested by the buyer;
a first offer means for offering the data on the goods or services retrieved from the first offer data by the data retrieving means to the buyer;
a negotiation request receiving means for receiving at least one negotiation request which requests a transaction condition more beneficial to the buyer in the price or quality than the data retrieved from the first offer data;
a second offer means for offering at least one kind of the second offer data to the buyer in response to the negotiation request;
a transaction intent receiving means for receiving a transaction intent of the buyer to agree on the transaction after offering the second offer data at least once; and
a transaction intent sending means for sending the transaction intent of the buyer to the seller which at least includes a seller who provides the goods or services agreed upon by the buyer;
wherein the second offer means adds a precise negotiation price, which has not been offered to the buyer, to the second offer data after the buyer sends the transaction intent.
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Abstract
A transaction intermediary apparatus, system and method with a negotiation capability promote trade of goods or services between buyers and sellers for achieving buyer driven transactions including transactions resulted from negotiation requests initiated by buyers. The apparatus receives first and second offer data of goods or services provided by sellers where the second offer data has conditions more beneficial to buyers in price or quality than that of the first offer data. The apparatus receives purchase conditions requested by a buyer and offers, in response, the first offer data to the buyer, receives a negotiation request from the buyer, and offers the second offer data in response to the negotiation request.
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25 Claims
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1. A transaction intermediary apparatus with a negotiation capability for trading goods or services between buyers and sellers for achieving buyer driven transactions including transactions resulted from negotiation requests initiated by buyers, comprising:
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a first offer data receiving means for receiving first offer data which includes price data of goods or services provided by at least one seller;
a second offer data receiving means for receiving at least one kind of second offer data which has conditions more beneficial to buyers in price or quality than that of the first offer data;
a requested condition data receiving means for receiving conditions requested by a buyer which includes at least a price range desired by the buyer for the goods or services;
a data retrieving means for retrieving data concerning goods or services which matches the conditions requested by the buyer;
a first offer means for offering the data on the goods or services retrieved from the first offer data by the data retrieving means to the buyer;
a negotiation request receiving means for receiving at least one negotiation request which requests a transaction condition more beneficial to the buyer in the price or quality than the data retrieved from the first offer data;
a second offer means for offering at least one kind of the second offer data to the buyer in response to the negotiation request;
a transaction intent receiving means for receiving a transaction intent of the buyer to agree on the transaction after offering the second offer data at least once; and
a transaction intent sending means for sending the transaction intent of the buyer to the seller which at least includes a seller who provides the goods or services agreed upon by the buyer;
wherein the second offer means adds a precise negotiation price, which has not been offered to the buyer, to the second offer data after the buyer sends the transaction intent. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A transaction intermediary apparatus with a negotiation capability for trading goods or services between buyers and sellers for achieving buyer driven transactions including transactions resulted from negotiation requests initiated by buyers, comprising:
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a first offer data receiving means for receiving first offer data which includes price data of goods or services provided by at least one seller;
a second offer data receiving means for receiving at least one kind of second offer data which has conditions more beneficial to buyers in price or quality than that of the first offer data;
a requested condition data receiving means for receiving conditions requested by a buyer which includes at least a price range desired by the buyer for the goods or services;
a data retrieving means for retrieving data concerning goods or services which matches the conditions requested by the buyer;
a first offer means for offering the data on the goods or services retrieved from the first offer data by the data retrieving means to the buyer;
a negotiation request receiving means for receiving at least one negotiation request which requests a transaction condition more beneficial to the buyer in the price or quality than the data retrieved from the first offer data;
a second offer means for offering at least one kind of the second offer data to the buyer in response to the negotiation request;
a transaction intent receiving means for receiving a transaction intent of the buyer to agree on the transaction after offering the second offer data at least once;
a transaction intent sending means for sending the transaction intent of the buyer to the seller which at least includes a seller who provides the goods or services agreed upon by the buyer; and
a confirmation display means for showing the buyer the confirmation display regarding the goods or services reaching the agreement, upon receiving the transaction intent;
wherein the confirmation display by the confirmation display means includes a precise negotiation price data which has not at all been offered or not been clearly offered to the buyer before the buyer sending the transaction intent. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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5. A transaction intermediary method involving a negotiation capability for trading goods or services between buyers and sellers for achieving buyer driven transactions including transactions resulted from negotiation requests initiated by buyers, comprising the following steps of:
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a first offer data receiving step for receiving first offer data which includes price data of goods or services provided by at least one seller;
a second offer data receiving step for receiving at least one kind of second offer data which has conditions more beneficial to buyers in price or quality than that of the first offer data;
a requested condition data receiving step for receiving conditions requested by a buyer which includes at least a price range desired by the buyer for the goods or services;
a data retrieving step for retrieving data concerning goods or services which matches the conditions requested by the buyer;
a first offer step for offering the data on the goods or services retrieved from the first offer data through the data retrieving step to the buyer;
a negotiation request receiving step for receiving at least one negotiation request which requests a transaction condition more beneficial to the buyer in the price or quality than the data retrieved from the first offer data;
a second offer step for offering at least one kind of the second offer data to the buyer in response to the negotiation request;
a transaction intent receiving step for receiving a transaction intent of the buyer to agree on the transaction after offering the second offer data at least once; and
a transaction intent sending step for sending the transaction intent of the buyer to the seller which includes at least a seller who provides the goods or services agreed upon by the buyer;
wherein the second offer step adds a negotiation price, which has not been offered to the buyer, to the second offer data sent to the buyer. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. A transaction intermediary method involving a negotiation capability for trading goods or services between buyers and sellers for achieving buyer driven transactions including transactions resulted from negotiation requests initiated by buyers, comprising the following steps of:
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a first offer data receiving step for receiving first offer data which includes price data of goods or services provided by at least one seller;
a second offer data receiving step for receiving at least one kind of second offer data which has conditions more beneficial to buyers in price or quality than that of the first offer data;
a requested condition data receiving step for receiving conditions requested by a buyer which includes at least a price range desired by the buyer for the goods or services;
a data retrieving step for retrieving data concerning goods or services which matches the conditions requested by the buyer;
a first offer step for offering the data on the goods or services retrieved from the first offer data by the data retrieving step to the buyer;
a negotiation receiving step for receiving at least one negotiation request which requests a transaction condition more beneficial to the buyer in the price or quality than the data retrieved from the first offer data;
a second offer step for offering at least one kind of the second offer data to the buyer in response to the negotiation request;
a transaction intent receiving means for receiving a transaction intent of the buyer to agree on the transaction after offering the second offer data at least once;
a transaction intent sending step for sending the transaction intent of the buyer to the seller which includes at least a seller who provides the goods or services agreed upon by the buyer; and
a confirmation display step for showing the buyer the confirmation display regarding the goods or services that have reached the agreement, upon receiving the transaction intent;
wherein the confirmation display in the confirmation display step includes a negotiation price data which has not at all been offered or not clearly been offered to the buyer. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A transaction intermediary apparatus with a negotiation capability for trading goods or services between buyers and sellers for achieving buyer driven transactions including transactions resulted from negotiation requests initiated by buyers, comprising:
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a first offer data receiving means for receiving first offer data which includes price data of goods or services provided by at least one seller;
a second offer data receiving means for receiving at least one kind of second offer data which has conditions more beneficial to buyers in price or quality than that of the first offer data;
a requested condition data receiving means for receiving conditions requested by a buyer which includes at least a price range desired by the buyer for the goods or services;
a data retrieving means for retrieving data concerning goods or services which matches the conditions requested by the buyer;
a first offer means for offering the data on the goods or services retrieved from the first offer data by the data retrieving means to the buyer;
a negotiation request receiving means for receiving at least one negotiation request which requests a transaction condition more beneficial to the buyer in the price or quality than the data retrieved from the first offer data;
a negotiator character display means for displaying a plurality of negotiator characters each having a different negotiation capability from one another upon receiving the negotiation request;
a negotiator character selection receiving means for receiving a selected negotiator character from the buyer;
a negotiation action display means for displaying actions of the selected negotiator character on a terminal screen of the buyer;
a second offer means for offering at least one kind of the second offer data to the buyer after the actions of the selected negotiator character;
a transaction intent receiving means for receiving a transaction intent of the buyer to agree on the transaction after offering the second offer data at least once; and
a transaction intent sending means for sending the transaction intent of the buyer to the seller which at least includes a seller who provides the goods or services agreed upon by the buyer. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A transaction intermediary apparatus with a negotiation capability for trading goods or services between buyers and sellers for achieving buyer driven transactions including transactions resulted from negotiation requests initiated by buyers, comprising:
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a first offer data receiving means for receiving first offer data which includes price data of goods or services provided by at least one seller;
a second offer data receiving means for receiving at least one kind of second offer data which has conditions more beneficial to buyers in price or quality than that of the first offer data;
a requested condition data receiving means for receiving conditions requested by a buyer which includes at least a price range desired by the buyer for the goods or services;
a data retrieving means for retrieving data concerning goods or services which matches the conditions requested by the buyer;
a first offer means for offering the data on the goods or services retrieved from the first offer data by the data retrieving means to the buyer;
a negotiation request receiving means for receiving at least one negotiation request which requests a transaction condition more beneficial to the buyer in the price or quality than the data retrieved from the first offer data;
a negotiator character display means for, upon receiving the negotiation request, displaying a plurality of negotiator characters from a novice negotiation character having the lowest negotiation capability to a hard negotiator character having the highest negotiation capability in this order depending on a number of times of the negotiation request;
a negotiation action display means for displaying actions of the negotiator character on a terminal screen of the buyer;
a second offer means for offering at least one kind of the second offer data to the buyer after the actions of the negotiator character;
a transaction intent receiving means for receiving a transaction intent of the buyer to agree on the transaction after offering the second offer data at least once; and
a transaction intent sending means for sending the transaction intent of the buyer to the seller which at least includes a seller who provides the goods or services agreed upon by the buyer. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A transaction intermediary method involving a negotiation capability for trading goods or services between buyers and sellers for achieving buyer driven transactions including transactions resulted from negotiation requests initiated by buyers, comprising the following steps of:
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a first offer data receiving step for receiving first offer data which includes price data of goods or services provided by at least one seller;
a second offer data receiving step for receiving at least one kind of second offer data which has conditions more beneficial to buyers in price or quality than that of the first offer data;
a requested condition data receiving step for receiving conditions requested by a buyer which includes at least a price range desired by the buyer for the goods or services;
a data retrieving step for retrieving data concerning goods or services which matches the conditions requested by the buyer;
a first offer step for offering the data on the goods or services retrieved from the first offer data by the data retrieving step to the buyer;
a negotiation request receiving step for receiving at least one negotiation request which requests a transaction condition more beneficial to the buyer in the price or quality than the data retrieved from the first offer data;
a negotiator character display step for displaying a plurality of negotiator characters each having a different negotiation capability from one another upon receiving the negotiation request;
a negotiator character selection receiving step for receiving a selected negotiator character from the buyer;
a negotiation action display step for displaying actions of the selected negotiator character on a terminal screen of the buyer;
a second offer step for offering at least one kind of the second offer data to the buyer after the actions of the selected negotiator character;
a transaction intent receiving step for receiving a transaction intent of the buyer to agree on the transaction after offering the second offer data at least once; and
a transaction intent sending step for sending the transaction intent of the buyer to the seller which at least includes a seller who provides the goods or services agreed upon by the buyer. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A transaction intermediary method involving a negotiation capability for trading goods or services between buyers and sellers for achieving buyer driven transactions including transactions resulted from negotiation requests initiated by buyers, comprising the following steps of:
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a first offer data receiving step for receiving first offer data which includes price data of goods or services provided by at least one seller;
a second offer data receiving step for receiving at least one kind of second offer data which has conditions more beneficial to buyers in price or quality than that of the first offer data;
a requested condition data receiving step for receiving conditions requested by a buyer which includes at least a price range desired by the buyer for the goods or services;
a data retrieving step for retrieving data concerning goods or services which matches the conditions requested by the buyer;
a first offer step for offering the data on the goods or services retrieved from the first offer data by the data retrieving step to the buyer;
a negotiation request receiving step for receiving at least one negotiation request which requests a transaction condition more beneficial to the buyer in the price or quality than the data retrieved from the first offer data;
a negotiator character display step for, upon receiving the negotiation request, displaying a plurality of negotiator characters from a novice negotiation character having the lowest negotiation capability to a hard negotiator character having the highest negotiation capability in this order depending on a number of times of the negotiation request;
a negotiation action display step for displaying actions of the negotiator character on a terminal screen of the buyer;
a second offer step for offering at least one kind of the second offer data to the buyer after the actions of the negotiator character;
a transaction intent receiving step for receiving a transaction intent of the buyer to agree on the transaction after offering the second offer data at least once; and
a transaction intent sending step for sending the transaction intent of the buyer to the seller which at least includes a seller who provides the goods or services agreed upon by the buyer. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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23. A transaction intermediary system with a negotiation capability for trading goods or services between buyers and sellers for achieving buyer driven transactions including transactions resulted from negotiation requests initiated by buyers, comprising:
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a plurality of seller data terminals for inputting and outputting data by sellers who want to sell goods or services;
a plurality of buyer data terminals for inputting and outputting data by buyers who want to buy goods or services;
a plurality of transaction intermediary apparatuses provided between the seller data terminals and the buyer data terminals for assisting trade of goods or services between buyers and sellers including negotiation therebetween;
a data center provided between the transaction intermediary apparatuses and the seller data terminals for distributing data input through the seller data terminals to a plurality of transaction sites operated by the transaction intermediary apparatuses;
wherein the data center operates the following steps of;
receiving summary data which summarizes first offer data which includes price data of goods or services provided by at least one seller which is installed in the plurality of transaction sites;
distributing the summary data based on distribution ratios predetermined or transmitted from the sellers and sending the distributed first offer data to the transaction sites;
receiving second summary data which summarizes at least one kind of second offer data which has conditions more beneficial to buyers in price or quality than that of the first offer data; and
distributing the second summary data based on distribution ratios predetermined or transmitted from the sellers and sending the distributed second offer data to the transaction sites;
wherein each of the transaction intermediary apparatuses operates the following steps of;
receiving conditions requested by a buyer which includes at least a price range desired by the buyer for the goods or services;
retrieving data concerning goods or services which matches the conditions requested by the buyer;
offering the data on the goods or services retrieved from the first offer data by the data retrieving step to the buyer;
receiving at least one negotiation request which requests a transaction condition more beneficial to the buyer in the price or quality than the data retrieved from the first offer data;
offering at least one kind of the second offer data to the buyer in response to the negotiation request;
receiving a transaction intent of the buyer to agree on the transaction after offering the second offer data at least once; and
sending the transaction intent of the buyer to the sellers which at least includes a seller who provides the goods or services agreed upon by the buyer.
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24. A transaction intermediary system with a negotiation capability for trading goods or services between buyers and sellers for achieving buyer driven transactions including transactions resulted from negotiation requests initiated by buyers, comprising:
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a plurality of seller data terminals for inputting and outputting data by sellers who want to sell goods or services;
a plurality of buyer data terminals for inputting and outputting data by buyers who want to buy goods or services;
a plurality of transaction intermediary apparatuses provided between the seller data terminals and the buyer data terminals for assisting trade of goods or services between buyers and sellers including negotiation therebetween;
a data center provided between the transaction intermediary apparatuses and the seller data terminals for sending, on behalf of the sellers, conclusion of transaction to transaction sites operated by the transaction intermediary apparatuses;
wherein the data center operates the following steps of;
receiving first offer data which includes price data of goods or services provided by at least one seller and second offer data which has conditions more beneficial to buyers in price or quality than that of the first offer data;
sending the first offer data and the second offer data to transaction intermediary apparatuses;
wherein each of the transaction intermediary apparatuses operates the following steps of;
receiving conditions requested by a buyer which includes at least a price range desired by the buyer for the goods or services;
retrieving data concerning goods or services which matches the conditions requested by the buyer;
offering the data on the goods or services retrieved from the first offer data by the data retrieving step to the buyer;
receiving at least one negotiation request which requests a transaction condition more beneficial to the buyer in the price or quality than the first offer data;
sending at least one negotiation request by the buyer to the data center;
receiving the second offer data from the data center at least once; and
receiving a transaction intent of the buyer to agree on the transaction and sending the transaction intent of the buyer to the data center;
wherein the data center transmits the transaction intent received by the transaction intermediary apparatuses to the seller data terminals.
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25. A transaction intermediary system with a negotiation capability for trading goods or services between buyers and sellers for achieving buyer driven transactions including transactions resulted from negotiation requests initiated by buyers, comprising:
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a plurality of seller data terminals for inputting and outputting data by sellers who want to sell goods or services;
a plurality of buyer data terminals for inputting and outputting data by buyers who want to buy goods or services;
a plurality of transaction intermediary apparatuses provided between the seller data terminals and the buyer data terminals for assisting trade of goods or services between buyers and sellers including negotiation therebetween;
a data center provided between the transaction intermediary apparatuses and the seller data terminals for collecting, on behalf of the transaction sites operated by the transaction intermediary apparatuses, necessary fees for transaction from buyers;
wherein each of the transaction intermediary apparatuses operates the following steps of;
receiving first offer data which includes price data of goods or services provided by at least one seller and second offer data which has conditions more beneficial to buyers in price or quality than that of the first offer data;
sending the first offer data and the second offer data to the buyer data terminals;
receiving conditions requested by a buyer which includes at least a price range desired by the buyer for the goods or services;
retrieving data concerning goods or services which matches the conditions requested by the buyer;
offering the data on the goods or services retrieved from the first offer data by the data retrieving step to the buyer;
receiving at least one negotiation request which requests a transaction condition more beneficial to the buyer in the price or quality than the first offer data, and at the same time, receiving credit account data of the buyer;
sending at least one negotiation request by the buyer to the seller data terminals;
receiving the second offer data from the seller data terminals at least once; and
receiving a transaction intent of the buyer to agree on the transaction and sending the transaction intent of the buyer to the seller data terminal;
wherein the data center receives the credit account data of the buyer and collects at least one of negotiation request bond involved in receiving the negotiation request, option fees involved in reserving the transaction of goods or services, and transaction fee involved in concluding the transaction, from at least one of the buyer and seller.
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