Electronic commerce system and computer-readable storage medium thereof
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1. An electronic commerce system aiding in purchase and sale of commodities, comprising:
- first and second storing units, under control of first and second transaction partners, storing first and second commodity data records related to commodities handled by the first and second transaction partners, respectively, each commodity data record stored in said first and second storing units including at least a commodity identifier for a commodity corresponding thereto, commodity price information, and a public disclosure indicator indicating whether other transaction partners are allowed to reference the commodity data record;
a central storing unit registering uploaded commodity data records corresponding to at least some of the commodity data records in said first and second commodity data storing units for which the public disclosure indicator indicates public disclosure is permitted, each uploaded commodity data record including;
the commodity identifier for the commodity corresponding thereto, a usual commodity price, and price change conditions including an associated commodity identifier when an associated commodity may be transacted with the commodity identified by the commodity identifier of the uploaded commodity data record;
a search unit searching in said central storing unit for a first commodity identifier uploaded from said first storing unit for a first commodity handled by the first transaction partner, in response to a search request from the second transaction partner, and producing a search result with at least part of a matching uploaded commodity data record when a match is found; and
a purchase and sale judgment unit searching the second storing unit and judging the first commodity and a second commodity as tradable candidates when the matching uploaded commodity data record in the search result includes at least one associated commodity identifier and a second commodity data record is found in said second storing unit with a second commodity identifier matching the at least one associated commodity identifier, regardless of whether the public disclosure indicator in the second commodity data record indicates public disclosure is permitted.
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Abstract
An electronic commerce system, which aids in a purchase and a sale of a commodity, allows the purchase or the sale of the commodity at a more desirable price or under a more desirable condition. This system comprises a registered commodity data storing unit storing a desired sale or purchase price of a commodity, and the information about a change condition and a change price of the desired sale or purchase price, and a unit changing the price if the information about the change condition or the change price, which is stored in the registered commodity data storing unit, is satisfied.
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1. An electronic commerce system aiding in purchase and sale of commodities, comprising:
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first and second storing units, under control of first and second transaction partners, storing first and second commodity data records related to commodities handled by the first and second transaction partners, respectively, each commodity data record stored in said first and second storing units including at least a commodity identifier for a commodity corresponding thereto, commodity price information, and a public disclosure indicator indicating whether other transaction partners are allowed to reference the commodity data record; a central storing unit registering uploaded commodity data records corresponding to at least some of the commodity data records in said first and second commodity data storing units for which the public disclosure indicator indicates public disclosure is permitted, each uploaded commodity data record including;
the commodity identifier for the commodity corresponding thereto, a usual commodity price, and price change conditions including an associated commodity identifier when an associated commodity may be transacted with the commodity identified by the commodity identifier of the uploaded commodity data record;a search unit searching in said central storing unit for a first commodity identifier uploaded from said first storing unit for a first commodity handled by the first transaction partner, in response to a search request from the second transaction partner, and producing a search result with at least part of a matching uploaded commodity data record when a match is found; and a purchase and sale judgment unit searching the second storing unit and judging the first commodity and a second commodity as tradable candidates when the matching uploaded commodity data record in the search result includes at least one associated commodity identifier and a second commodity data record is found in said second storing unit with a second commodity identifier matching the at least one associated commodity identifier, regardless of whether the public disclosure indicator in the second commodity data record indicates public disclosure is permitted. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An electronic commerce method aiding in purchase and sale of commodities, comprising:
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storing, under control of first and second transaction partners, first and second commodity data records related to commodities handled by the first and second transaction partners, respectively, each commodity data record including at least a commodity identifier for a commodity corresponding thereto, commodity price information, and a public disclosure indicator indicating whether other transaction partners are allowed to reference the commodity data record; registering uploaded commodity data records corresponding to at least some of the commodity data records for which the public disclosure indicator indicates public disclosure is permitted, each uploaded commodity data record including;
the commodity identifier for the commodity corresponding thereto, a usual commodity price, and price change conditions including an associated commodity identifier when an associated commodity may be transacted with the commodity identified by the commodity identifier of the uploaded commodity data record;searching the uploaded commodity data records for a first commodity identifier for a first commodity handled by the first transaction partner, in response to a search request from the second transaction partner, and producing a search result with at least part of a matching uploaded commodity data record when a match is found; and searching the second commodity data records to determine whether the first commodity and a second commodity, handled by the second transaction partner, are tradable candidates when the matching uploaded commodity data record in the search result includes at least one associated commodity identifier, where the tradable candidates are identified if one of the second commodity data records is found with a second commodity identifier matching the at least one associated commodity identifier, regardless of whether the public disclosure indicator in the one of the second commodity data records indicates public disclosure is permitted.
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