Information processing apparatus and method, and recording medium on which a program for executing the information processing is recorded
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1. An information processing apparatus connected to a plurality of information terminals by way of a network, comprising:
- storing means for storing user information;
authenticating means for authenticating a user;
recording means for recording one or more non-binding requests for an offer to sell goods transmitted by a first customer, the first customer authenticated by said authenticating means;
supplying means for supplying a service list of the non-binding requests recorded by said recording means to one or more shops, the shops being authenticated by said authenticating means;
recording means for recording submitted offers to sell goods, the submitted offers transmitted by the shops in response to the non-binding requests in said service list;
searching means for searching for the submitted offers to sell goods, in response to a demand from the first customer; and
transferring means for transferring, to the first customer, a submitted requests list of the non-binding requests transmitted by the first customer;
wherein the searching means, in response to a demand from a second customer, allows the second customer to search the non-binding requests for an offer to sell goods submitted by the first customer, andwherein the transferring means transfers contents of first customer'"'"'s non-binding requests to the second customer, and the second customer views and checks the contents of the first customer'"'"'s non-binding requests before making a purchase.
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Abstract
An agent server registers a request information for purchasing from an authorized member in a request information data base by way of the Internet. The request information stored in the request information data base is searched by an authorized shop, and the shop serves related goods information available to the authorized member. In this way a direct sale of goods is done with high reliability on the Internet between the authorized member and the authorized shop.
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1. An information processing apparatus connected to a plurality of information terminals by way of a network, comprising:
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storing means for storing user information; authenticating means for authenticating a user; recording means for recording one or more non-binding requests for an offer to sell goods transmitted by a first customer, the first customer authenticated by said authenticating means; supplying means for supplying a service list of the non-binding requests recorded by said recording means to one or more shops, the shops being authenticated by said authenticating means; recording means for recording submitted offers to sell goods, the submitted offers transmitted by the shops in response to the non-binding requests in said service list; searching means for searching for the submitted offers to sell goods, in response to a demand from the first customer; and transferring means for transferring, to the first customer, a submitted requests list of the non-binding requests transmitted by the first customer; wherein the searching means, in response to a demand from a second customer, allows the second customer to search the non-binding requests for an offer to sell goods submitted by the first customer, and wherein the transferring means transfers contents of first customer'"'"'s non-binding requests to the second customer, and the second customer views and checks the contents of the first customer'"'"'s non-binding requests before making a purchase. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for processing information among a plurality of information terminals connected to a network, said method comprising the steps of:
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storing user information for each of said information terminals; authenticating a user based on said user information; authenticating one or more shops; recording one or more non-binding requests for an offer to sell goods transmitted by a first customer authenticated in said authenticating step, supplying a service list of the non-binding requests recorded in said recording step to the one or more shops; recording submitted offers to sell goods transmitted by the shops in response to the non-binding requests in said service list; searching for the submitted offers to sell goods in response to a demand from the first customer, transferring, to the first customer, a submitted requests list of the non-binding requests transmitted by the first customer; and searching, in response to a demand from a second customer, the non-binding requests for an offer to sell goods submitted by the first customer, transferring contents of first customer'"'"'s non-binding requests to the second customer, wherein the second customer views and checks the contents of the first customer'"'"'s non-binding requests before making a purchase. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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