Method and apparatus for transaction brokerage and program recording medium thereof
First Claim
1. A transaction brokerage method for brokering a transaction between an information transmitting terminal and information receiving terminal connected through a transaction brokerage apparatus, the method comprising:
- registering a plurality of the information receiving terminals in advance;
receiving a transaction request transmitted from the information transmitting terminal, the transaction request including expiration time of the transaction request;
selecting one or more of the information receiving terminals which are within a predetermined range from the information transmitting terminal from the registered information receiving terminals as one or more recipients of the transaction request, and transmitting the transaction request to the selected one or more information receiving terminals;
receiving transaction acceptances from the information receiving terminals;
regarding one or more of the transaction acceptances which have been received within the expiration time included in the transaction request as valid transaction acceptances, and transmitting only the valid transaction acceptances to the information transmitting terminal;
receiving a transaction possible or impossible indication from the information transmitting terminal; and
transmitting the transaction possible or impossible indication to the information receiving terminals.
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Abstract
A transaction brokerage method is for brokering a transaction between an information transmitting terminal and an information receiving terminal. The transaction brokerage method includes: registering a plurality of the information receiving terminals in advance; receiving a transaction request transmitted from the information transmitting terminal, the transaction request including the expiration time of the transaction request; selecting one or more of the registered information receiving terminals which are within a predetermined range from the information transmitting terminal as the recipients of the transaction request and transmitting the transaction request to the selected one or more information receiving terminals; receiving transaction acceptances from the information receiving terminals; regarding one or more of the transaction acceptances which have been received within the expiration time included in the transaction request as valid transaction acceptances and transmitting only the valid transaction acceptances to the information transmitting terminal; receiving a transaction possible or impossible indication from the information transmitting terminal; and transmitting the transaction possible or impossible indication to the information receiving terminals.
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10 Claims
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1. A transaction brokerage method for brokering a transaction between an information transmitting terminal and information receiving terminal connected through a transaction brokerage apparatus, the method comprising:
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registering a plurality of the information receiving terminals in advance;
receiving a transaction request transmitted from the information transmitting terminal, the transaction request including expiration time of the transaction request;
selecting one or more of the information receiving terminals which are within a predetermined range from the information transmitting terminal from the registered information receiving terminals as one or more recipients of the transaction request, and transmitting the transaction request to the selected one or more information receiving terminals;
receiving transaction acceptances from the information receiving terminals;
regarding one or more of the transaction acceptances which have been received within the expiration time included in the transaction request as valid transaction acceptances, and transmitting only the valid transaction acceptances to the information transmitting terminal;
receiving a transaction possible or impossible indication from the information transmitting terminal; and
transmitting the transaction possible or impossible indication to the information receiving terminals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A transaction brokerage apparatus for brokering a transaction between an information transmitting terminal and information receiving terminal, the apparatus comprising:
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a transaction transmission and reception unit to receive a transaction request including expiration time of the transaction request from the information transmitting terminal, transmit the transaction request to the information receiving terminal, receive a transaction acceptance including expiration time of the transaction acceptance from the information receiving terminal, transmit the transaction acceptance to the information transmitting terminal, and receive a transaction possible or impossible indication from the information transmitting terminal;
a terminal registration database to register a plurality of the information receiving terminals and individual information of the information receiving terminals;
a position information detecting unit to obtain position information of the information transmitting terminals and information receiving terminals;
a recipient selection unit to select one or more of the information receiving terminals registered in the terminal registration database as one or more of recipient of the transaction request, and select one or more of the selected information receiving terminals based on the position information of the information transmitting terminal and information receiving terminals; and
a transaction management unit to control the transaction transmission and receiving unit to transmit the transaction request to the information receiving terminals selected by the recipient selecting unit, regard transaction acceptances received within the expiration time of the transaction request as valid transaction acceptances, transmit only the valid transaction acceptances to the information transmitting terminal, regard transaction possible or impossible indications received within the expiration time of the transaction acceptance as valid transaction possible or impossible indications, and transmit only the valid transaction possible or impossible indications to the transaction information receiving terminals.
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9. A transaction brokerage program for realizing a transaction brokerage apparatus for brokering a transaction between an information transmitting terminal and information receiving terminal, wherein the program causes a computer to execute:
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registering a plurality of the information receiving terminals in advance;
receiving a transaction request transmitted from the information transmitting terminal, the transaction request including expiration time of the transaction request;
selecting one or more of the information receiving terminals which are within a predetermined range from the information transmitting terminal as one or more of recipient of the transaction request, and transmitting the transaction request to the selected information receiving terminals;
receiving transaction acceptances from the information receiving terminals;
regarding one or more of the transaction acceptances which have been received within the expiration time included in the transaction request as valid transaction acceptances, and transmitting only the valid transaction acceptances to the information transmitting terminal;
receiving a transaction possible or impossible indication from the information transmitting terminal; and
transmitting the transaction possible or impossible indication to the information receiving terminals.
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10. A computer-readable program recording medium recording a transaction brokerage program for realizing a transaction brokerage apparatus for brokering a transaction between an information transmitting terminal and information receiving terminal wherein the program causes the computer to execute:
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registering a plurality of the information receiving terminals in advance;
receiving a transaction request transmitted from the information transmitting terminal, the transaction request including expiration time of the transaction request;
selecting one or more of the information receiving terminals which are within a predetermined range from the information transmitting terminal as one or more of recipient of the transaction request, and transmitting the transaction request to the selected information receiving terminals;
receiving transaction acceptances from the information receiving terminals;
regarding one or more of the transaction acceptances which have been received within the expiration time included in the transaction request as valid transaction acceptances, and transmitting only the valid transaction acceptances to the information transmitting terminal;
receiving a transaction possible or impossible indication from the information transmitting terminal; and
transmitting the transaction possible or impossible indication to the information receiving terminals.
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