System for intelligent search agent to access data in a distributed network
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1. A system for searching data in a distributed computing network of sellers'"'"' commercial databases, the system comprising:
- a distributed computing network comprising a plurality of sellers'"'"' commercial databases, said seller'"'"'s commercial databases commonly related to an industry, at least one buyer'"'"'s node adapted to translate a buyer'"'"'s first query, a commercial search agent adapted to receive the buyer'"'"'s first query regarding a selected item, said item one of a product or service, said commercial search agent in communication with said plurality of sellers'"'"' commercial databases, and said commercial search agent further adapted to search said plurality of sellers'"'"' commercial databases for information related to said selected item; and
at least one intelligent negotiation agent in communication with said commercial agent, said intelligent negotiation agent for receiving configured to receive said information related to said selected item and for engaging to engage in a negotiation for procurement of said selected item.
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A commercial search agent (CSA) is used to access data in a distributed communications system. An initial search request constitutes a buyer'"'"'s first search query at sellers'"'"' commercial database network. Analytical agents and seller promotions are used to inform the CSA, while negotiation commences after the initial RFQ. CSA'"'"'s may be informed by analytical agents.
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1. A system for searching data in a distributed computing network of sellers'"'"' commercial databases, the system comprising:
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a distributed computing network comprising a plurality of sellers'"'"' commercial databases, said seller'"'"'s commercial databases commonly related to an industry, at least one buyer'"'"'s node adapted to translate a buyer'"'"'s first query, a commercial search agent adapted to receive the buyer'"'"'s first query regarding a selected item, said item one of a product or service, said commercial search agent in communication with said plurality of sellers'"'"' commercial databases, and said commercial search agent further adapted to search said plurality of sellers'"'"' commercial databases for information related to said selected item; and at least one intelligent negotiation agent in communication with said commercial agent, said intelligent negotiation agent for receiving configured to receive said information related to said selected item and for engaging to engage in a negotiation for procurement of said selected item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for searching data in a distributed computing network of sellers'"'"' commercial databases, the method comprising:
receiving a buyer'"'"'s first query regarding a selected item, said item one of a product or service, performing an automated search on a distributed computing network for information related to said selected item, said distributed computing network comprising a plurality of sellers'"'"' commercial databases, said plurality of sellers'"'"' commercial databases commonly related to an industry; and
receiving from at least one of said plurality of sellers'"'"' commercial databases a risk management option comprising at least one contract contingency authorizing a seller to pay a buyer a penalty if said seller elects in response to an election by the seller to sell said selected item to another buyer.- View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for procurement that communicates over a distributed network, the system comprising:
one or more memories for storing a list of individual product items and individual service items, an intelligent commercial search agent in communication with said one or more memories, and one or more seller showcase databases in communication with said commercial search agent, wherein, when one or more of said seller showcase databases receives from said commercial search agent a request to receive bids to sell a selected item specified from said list, said one or more seller showcase databases submits that bid to said commercial search'"'"' agent; and
an intelligent analytical agent for mining configured to mine data related to a selected item from said list, said mining from at least one of a plurality of market databases, said analytical agent for generating configured to generate a subset of data that most closely conforms to a set of preprogrammed item parameters, and said analytical agent in communication with said commercial search agent for providing and configured to provide thereto said subset of data.- View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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