Systems and methods for facilitating transactions in a commodity marketplace
First Claim
1. A system for conducting a liquid exchange in a discreet segment of a commodity goods market comprising:
- a plurality of market participants in said market segment;
a network access device accessible to said market participants;
a computer network connected to said network access device; and
an electronic product trading center connected to said computer network.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to systems and methods for conducting a liquid exchange in a commodity goods marketplace and thereby creating an associated derivatives market. The commodity goods marketplace is implemented as a product trading center in which standardized products in a specific market segment are traded using standardized contracts. Various embodiments of the present invention may also comprise additional means of conducting product transactions and additional ancillary services supporting those transactions. An embodiment of the present invention provides computer network based systems and methods for conducting and facilitating transactions in the commodity polymer marketplace to further produce a derivatives market. The systems and methods of the present invention may be advantageously implemented as a business to business (“B2B”) e-commerce site on the world wide web.
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34 Claims
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1. A system for conducting a liquid exchange in a discreet segment of a commodity goods market comprising:
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a plurality of market participants in said market segment;
a network access device accessible to said market participants;
a computer network connected to said network access device; and
an electronic product trading center connected to said computer network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A process for conducting a liquid exchange between a plurality of participants in a discreet segment of a commodity goods market comprising:
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identifying a standard product in said segment;
creating a standard contract for said liquid exchange of said standard product; and
consummating said exchange between said participants. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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