TW511016B - Multi-party electronic transactions - Google Patents

Abstract

A system is provided for facilitating the closure of a multi-party transaction consisting of multiple offers. In this system, atomic offers are generated by or on behalf of parties that produce or provide basic goods or services or other things of value. A broker, supplier, dealer, purchaser or other party may aggregate multiple offers (including atomic offers and other aggregated offers) to form a multi-party offer. Offers may be initiated by buyers as well as sellers and, when a buyer's and a seller's offers match (e.g., on price and/or other terms), a zero-sum offer is generated and the multi-party transaction can be closed. Closing a transaction involves a first stage in which payment of the agreed-upon funds and shipment of goods/services are authorized. More particularly, the availability of the funds and the goods/services are verified. In a second phase the funds are committed and the goods/services are obligated by being held for shipment or performance. Finally, the funds are remitted to each supplier, broker and other intermediary that provided value after shipment and or delivery are verified. Advantageously, closure of the transaction allows collective settling of all the offers included in the transaction rather than requiring each to be settled separately.

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Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs 511016 A7 B7 V. Description of the Invention (]) Background The present invention relates to the field of computer systems and electronic commerce. Specifically, it provides a system and method for assisting multi-party e-commerce transactions. The current e-commerce system mainly implements the business catalog model, in which the seller proposes a product or service item to a possible buyer. Buyers are limited to being able to review this list in a traditional way. Therefore, these e-commerce systems can only be implemented in a simple or basic way of business transactions. In contrast, most “real” businesses involve more than one buyer and seller. In particular, the middleman usually involves combining, combining, or bringing together the goods or services provided by different providers until the buyer receives a possible combination of goods / services. Therefore, when a consumer chooses to buy an item from a seller, there may already be several other transactions that make the last sale smooth or help the last sale. Unfortunately, every such transaction is usually done in the same way at the last sale. Each intermediate party (eg, retailer, wholesaler, mid-marketer) may make a transaction with another party (eg, middleman, manufacturer, service provider) to buy or sell a buyer who eventually buys a part. Because buyers and sellers must pay the price to arrange and complete every intervening transaction, this transaction is very inefficient. Specifically, each intervening transaction must be negotiated separately and concluded before the next transaction before it can proceed. At the same time, a series of transactions is very strict. 'Each of these intermediary transactions is constructed based on past transactions, and cannot be allowed before. »¥ * · ——---- ^, ------- ^ > 1 (Please read the precautions on the back before filling this page) This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm) -4- Printed by the Employees ’Cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs 511016 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (2) Have tried different combinations. In particular, a middleman or other party cannot provide a novel combination of products and / or services that can attract different buyers. Therefore, there is a need for a system and method to assist in the establishment and combination of multi-party transactions provided or represented by manufacturing, suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, consumers, etc. This will make the transaction more unique and flexible, and establish basic and acceptable transactions. At the same time, there is also a need for a system and method for ending multi-party electronic transactions, whereby the obligations of each party can depend on accepting a higher-order for-sale item that aggregates several lower-order for-sale items. At the end, this system will ensure that the required expenditures (for example, money) reach the parties and determine the completion of each obligation that should be fulfilled. Summary of the Invention In one embodiment of the present invention, it provides a method for ending a multi-party transaction for sale consisting of several for sale pieces gathered by an intermediary. In this embodiment, the basic pieces for sale are produced by, or for, the providers of basic, low-level products and services. The intermediary forms a cumulative number of items for sale by combining basic items for sale and / or other items for sale. The items for sale may originate from the supplier or the purchaser (that is, from the supplier of the product / service or from the purchaser). A piece of product for sale, or the purchase of the same product, service, or combination of products / services, can be generated based on known or perceived demand, where different suppliers and buyers do not know each other. In one embodiment of the invention, it is structured to include some conditions, (Please read the note on the back? Matters before filling out this page)

This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm) -5- Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs 511016 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (3) Under these conditions, 'for sale Either they are willing to provide the same product or service, or they are willing to pay for the same product or service. The item for sale can be placed in a market where a bargain is displayed (for example, a special organization, a production line, or a business), or for any individual who can enter the market. If allowed by conditions and / or market rules, this item for sale may accumulate with other items for sale in the same or different markets. The intermediary who creates the accumulated pieces for sale can make it public through any electronic or personal communication method. An accumulated piece for sale can be in the form of software or the structure of data, so that each of its conditions and descriptions including bargaining can be specified. Therefore, this accumulated sale item identification is the price provided by this bargaining (for example, the same item or service has a price, and a buyer is willing to pay for the item or service), as well as the price set by the sale item conditions of. If aggregated pieces for sale are listed in the market, the market may contain default provisions and other conditions. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a transaction can be negotiated to be provided as a sale item (which may or may not be a cumulative sale item) or to be paired, or Formed when combined with a sale item for purchase or payment. If the conditions are met or can be accepted by the other party, this ending process can begin to try to confirm each party's obligations. In particular, it will conduct tests to determine whether the buyer can and is willing to pay (for example, with sufficient funds) and whether the seller or supplier can fulfill their obligations. If the transaction is approved, the system will try to hand over the resources related to the transaction (for example, send the account to the buyer's account-IIIIIII · 11111111. (Please read the precautions on the back before writing this page)-% of this Paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm) -6- 511016 A7

5. In the description of the invention (4) (for example, 'credit card', place an order for the products sold). If the committed steps are completed, the transaction ends and the buyer's funds are remitted (e.g., 'delivered to each supplier or supplier). Graphic description Figure 1 is a block diagram of a multi-party transaction for sale item form according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a block diagram of a closeable zero-sum piece for sale of a multi-party transaction according to an embodiment of the invention. Fig. 3 is another representation of a closeable zero-sum sale of a multi-party transaction of Fig. 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figures 4A to 4E are flowcharts describing a method for ending a multi-party transaction according to an example of the invention. Main component comparison table 102 Basic provision 104 Basic provision 106 Basic provision Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs 108 Basic provision 112 Sets for sale 114 Sets for sale in detail A description of the following, It is to make anyone who is familiar with this skill apply the Chinese paper standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 mm) 511016 A7 _ B7 V. Description of the invention (5) 'Able to operate and use this invention and provide The content of the special application of the invention and its requirements. Various modifications to the disclosed embodiments will become apparent to those skilled in the art, and the principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention. And application examples. Therefore, the present invention is not intended to limit these emerging embodiments, but is to be broader with these disclosed principles and characteristics. The programming environment and a general-purpose computer or a special device, such as a palm-type Computers are used in combination. One embodiment of the invention is implemented for illustration. For the sake of simplicity, the details of this device (eg, processor, memory, data storage, display) are ignored and not discussed. Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, it must be understood that the Techniques may be assisted by different techniques. For example, the method described here is assisted by the execution of software in a computer system, or a series of microprocessors or other specially designed application integrated circuits, which can be combined with the hardware of a programmable logic device. , Or various combinations to assist. In particular, the method described here can be assisted by a series of computer-executable instructions that exist on storage media such as carrier waves, hard disks, or readable computer media. Carrier waves may be in the form of radio waves, electromagnetic or optical signals, and transmit digital signal beams along a local area network or the Internet. Electronically assisted business models, such as the Internet and the World Wide Web, generally involve a single buyer and seller. Most likely, these people are engaged in a catalog-type transaction in which the buyer chooses and purchases -8- This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm) 511016 A7 _-_____ B7 V. Description of the invention ( 6) Products or services provided by the seller. From a functional or supply perspective, the seller is usually close to the original manufacturer or provider of the product or service, and buying the product or service to the buyer is just a series of one-to-one transfers Add one more item to the process. As a result, the buyer may be restricted to only getting the original form of the product or service, or a little bit more of the additional price or functionality offered by the seller. In any case, the products and services provided to the purchaser are limited to one form, and this form may not have any flexibility at all, depending on a series of processes to reach the purchaser's products and services. If the buyer wants additional price and features, he or she must do different transactions with other sellers / suppliers. Even if the buyer encounters an opportunity to obtain a complete set of products and / or services, the buyer must deal with a single individual to complete the transaction. Such a combination obtained by the purchaser is likely to have been created long before the purchaser appeared, so his or her needs may not be considered at all. The individual with whom the purchaser is trading may support the transaction and arrange shipments, loans, or other actions with others. However, these actions are handled through a chain of approaches and require different actions, coordination, and so on. Therefore, we can see that the existing transaction methods do not allow multiple parties or their interested groups to join together to form a multi-party transaction, in which every aspect of the transaction (including every product and service, payment of funds, freight , Financing, etc.) are properly handled. An inevitable consequence of the steps of processing transactions in this series of ways is the time required to complete the transaction. 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Order --------- Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs-9- 511016 A7 --- B7 V. Description of the invention (7) Generally, the current model of e-commerce does not allow composition The flexible aggregation of products and services, or the provision of such products and services, is not a series of 'but a way of multi-party transactions that are jointly completed or closed. In particular, in existing e-commerce systems, individual 'one-to-one transactions' provided to the next sale are independent of other transactions that lead to the next transaction. Therefore, a party 'who needs or wants many products and services usually has no other choice' but must negotiate and process separate transactions separately. Therefore, in one embodiment of the invention, a framework or method is provided for an electronic multi-party transaction (MPT) involving multiple individuals that can collectively end the negotiation. Compared with the traditional series of transactions, multi-party transactions can be processed faster. In other embodiments of the invention, a method is provided for constructing a multi-party transaction or multi-party offer (MPO) or accumulating multi-party for-sale items. In another embodiment of the invention, a system and method for ending multi-party transactions are provided. In the process, the payment can be obtained and distributed to the supplier 'and the delivery and completion of the supplier's products and services can also be OK execution. The scope of this invention is not limited to the embodiments described herein, which can be changed or adopted for different products and services, organizations, trading conditions, electronic environments, and so on. For example, in one embodiment of the invention, it can be designed to exchange products / services for products / services without using cash. Another embodiment can be used to assist in the exchange of one currency or cash for another currency. Another embodiment may be designed for different types of currency or financial instruments (e.g., securities, loans, stocks, bonds, promissory notes, mortgage guarantees) or / and cash. This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm) (Please read the precautions on the back before filling this page) -------- Order ------- Ministry of Economic Affairs Printed by the Intellectual Property Bureau's Consumer Cooperatives -10- 511016 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (8) Winter sale items and transactions (please read the precautions on the back before filling out this page) One embodiment of the present invention allows two The above groups or individuals participate in a single transaction that may consist of multiple pieces for sale or include multiple pieces for sale. Therefore, in one embodiment of the invention, a multi-party transaction may include a buyer, a seller, and one or more intermediaries that can add additional prices to the purchase and sale. An advantage in one embodiment of the invention is that products and services become more accessible. For example, 'through a second-party agency, a party who wants to buy or sell products and services may be offered to and accepted by a party who never knows its effectiveness. Printed by the Consumer Cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs in this embodiment of the invention, the basic offer for sale (atomic offer) is created by or on behalf of the parties to generate or provide basic offers Price (for example, a manufacturer of basic products, an executor of basic services, and a consumer who proposes to purchase products and services). Basic provisioning In this embodiment, one-time completion may be accepted and ended, but for more than one intermediary (eg, dealer, broker, operator, agent) to establish or propose a higher order constructed by basic provisioning Sales or other high-end sales may require another completion. A multi-party sale item may therefore include any combination of basic offers and high-level sale items, and is accepted and closed in multi-party transactions, and the included sale item will also end. A multiparty transaction may include more than one product, service, or other valuable substance. Among the many applications of this system, the middleman may gather many products from many suppliers for one buyer and accumulate multiple services-11-This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm) 511016 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (9) services (for example, hotels, air tickets, tour groups), translation or changing information for other forms of expression (for example, more attractive), etc. (Please read the notes on the back before filling this page.) Basically, each time a proposed project is combined with other proposals, the price will be increased in multi-party transactions. The types of surcharges are not limited and can be what any buyer or seller wants, and in any form. Actors involved in multi-party transactions are not limited to buyers or sellers; in particular, various intermediaries may increase prices. The extra cost may result from simply combining two complementary pieces for sale, such as an electronic piece of equipment with agreed maintenance equipment. Other prices may lie in the ability of an intermediary to allocate or propose a larger or more suitable item for sale to the audience. It is also possible to increase prices through currency, or a financial or financial instrument conversion. It can also be increased in the form of donations, certificates, advertisements, repackaging or redisplays. Printed by the Consumer Cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs. In one embodiment of the present invention, a basic provision is defined as the most basic provision of an original product and service, and does not include other provision. And a high-end for-sale item includes one or other provided and can also be called a complete, intermediary, or aggregated for-sale item. In a chain of aggregated sale items, the higher-order sale item is the sale item that includes or contains other sale items, and is the last sale item on this chain. A Multi-Part For Sale (MPO) is any item for sale involving multiple parties, and includes both basic and for-sale pieces. In this embodiment, the multi-party transaction (MPT) includes balanced or matched pieces for sale that can be ended collectively. For example, a multi-party sale item can consist of a series of sale items accumulated by one or more intermediaries. May receive a price -12- This paper size applies Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specifications (210 X 297 mm) 511016 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (10) and / or other multi-party conditions for sale To or matching pieces for sale, in this case, a multi-party transaction can be concluded. Opposing for-sale items that make multi-party transactions possible or create multi-party transactions may be considered to include multi-party for-sale items (MPOs). As further described below, in one embodiment of the present invention, the matching and reverse sale items can be referred to as a zero-sum sale item, where each sale item has a joint, signed price tag, which Indicate whether the price paid (for example, money, credit, or other value) is provided in exchange for a product / service (for example, by a consumer) or in exchange for a product / service (for example, by a supplier). The price tag is a symbol or other symbol (ie, a positive or negative sign) that depends on the flow direction of the transaction process. When combined with the price tag of other for-sale items that contain zero and for sale, the sum is zero. Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (please read the notes on the back before filling out this page). Therefore, when each aggregated or accumulated price is sold, it is matched to a piece that is exactly matched and offset by the sale from multiple parties When the aggregated or accumulated price required by the pieces is established, a zero-sum piece is created. The multi-party for-sale items executed through multi-party transactions will therefore satisfy each party participating in the multi-party for-sale items. Therefore, in a cash-based embodiment of the present invention, the sum of the cash required by suppliers, intermediaries, and others, used as the payment required for product / service exchange, will be just consumed by consumers and And / or offset by the sum of cash provided by others for the product / service. In a bartering embodiment of the present invention, the total number of each product / service provided / required by a different party will be similarly offset. Therefore, in a bargaining multi-party sale item, all the quantities specifically proposed to supply Product A and Service B will be offset by providing other products / services in exchange for Product A and Service B. This paper size applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 mm) -13- 511016 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (11) A supplier is a supplier of products or services provided in a multi-party trading system. Individual or organization. An intermediary is an individual or organization that can propose and sell products and services provided by a supplier. Intermediaries may create, gather, and accept orders on behalf of suppliers and / or consumers. Consumers are individuals or organizations that purchase products and services. A consumer is not necessarily the ultimate consumer. An intermediary plays a role as an intermediary between one or more suppliers and one or more consumers in exchange for the supplier's products and services for other valuable goods (for example, money). An embodiment of a multi-party transaction system also includes a facilitator that closes or oversees the end of a multi-party transaction. Consumer spending is collected by the facilitator and paid to the supplier in exchange for proper protection or proof that they have shipped out or completed it. For any party to a multi-party transaction (ie, supplier, intermediary, consumer) may be a wholesaler, mid-market dealer, retailer, value-added reseller (VAR), manufacturer, user, or other Individual. Any party or entity that creates, sells, utilizes, consumes, or processes products and services may take action in the supply system to create a new one for sale and change an existing one for sale (eg, to join a new project) , Closing one for sale (for example, accepting for sale), combining several for sale, and so on. For any kind of product, service, and other valuable things, tangible or intangible, any number of pieces for sale can be included in a set of sale items-including other sets of sale items. For example, a basic supply that sells the first basic component may be produced by a manufacturer, refiner, service provider, or other individual. This paper size is in accordance with China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm) (Please read the note on the back? Matters before filling out this page) -------- Order ------ --- Printed by the Consumer Cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs-14- 511016 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (12) The first component may be provided by the middleman and the second by other manufacturers The basic elements provided are combined to create the first set for sale. Another intermediary (for example, a wholesaler or a reseller with a premium price) may gather the pieces for sale in this set with other products and services to form or produce a new, higher-order piece for sale, and so on. Alternatively, a consumer may accept a piece for sale in a multi-party transaction package, in which case the facilitator helps close the transaction. Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economics However, in other embodiments, these items for sale may be provided to purchase (ie, not sell) products, services, or other valuable items. As a result, a consumer may authorize or create an item for sale to purchase a vacation, and may also include some preferred components or activities (eg, diving, a hotel, a car rental). A travel agency or other intermediary may directly process or generate this sale item on behalf of the consumer. In an attempt to meet consumer needs, an agent may combine some consumer needs to generate basic supplies, purchase diving vacation packages, stay at a hotel for a week, and rent a car for a week. . A travel agency or consumer may be aware of, or receive a basic offer or a more favorable offer (for example, from a diving equipment store, from a hotel), or, for example, a travel operator may offer consumers multiple items for sale (for example, , Hotels and car rentals) responded by gathering pieces for sale. Consumers or agents may be informed of these offerings through web browsing, word of mouth, email, or other means of receiving information. Insurance companies can provide vacation or vacation insurance as a holiday accessory. Consumer travel agencies can therefore act as a middleman or gather various pieces for sale on different details of the holiday. These supplies are therefore able to -15- This paper size applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 mm) Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economy 511016 A7 ______ B7 V. Description of the invention (13) They are not aggregated and may flow in any direction (to or from consumers). The combination or aggregation of sale items used to create, extend, or modify a multi-party sale item may change the content of the information and / or the appearance of the multi-party sale item, but does not end or complete any sale item. As mentioned above, in a method for processing multi-party transactions, a for-sale item may become a zero-sum sale item by adding a matching sale item or a reverse sale item to the multi-party sale item. Was terminated. Therefore, in the example of a holiday deal described above, when an individual responds to items and services with the same matching conditions (eg, price, date, location) as zero sum items for sale, the travel agency or consumer The pieces for sale can be ended. At this time, the facilitator of the multi-party transaction can assist in the negotiation by accepting the expenditure from the consumer and retaining this expenditure until the confirmation or confirmation that the consumer receives the performance / delivery of the holiday vacation. For example, consumers can accept a multi-part package for sale that includes an attractive set of vacations and start agreeing to the facilitator by providing payment information (for example, credit card numbers, fund computer transfer details, account numbers). This facilitator can then allocate expenditures to the supplier of the opposite part to be sold, as well as the provider of various points of the entire vacation package. The facilitator may be an intermediary, a member of the provider, a consumer, or, in the embodiment of the present invention, a party that does not involve multi-party transactions (except for the role of help). When a sale item is created, the methods and functions for ending the sale item are identified. For example, when a multi-party transaction involving a piece for sale ends, a piece for sale that pays money in exchange for the item can provide the paper size of the paper to be applied to the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 mm)- 16- .nn iai n · ϋ · ϋ n ϋ n (Please read the note on the back? Matters before filling out this page). _ Dan fills in printed by the Intellectual Property Bureau Employee Consumer Cooperative of the Ministry of Economic Affairs 51016 A7 B7 V. Invention Note (14) The credit card number from which the fee was taken. A ready-to-sell item that offers a product or service in exchange can identify a method of notifying the owner of a sale that the sale of the item is over and notifying the owner of the sale that they are obliged to manufacture the product. Therefore, when a multi-party transaction ends, the methods and functions identified for closing each sale and fulfilling each party's obligations are invoked (for example, by a facilitator). As described further below, this may involve multiple stages to reduce risk, comply with appropriate laws, reduce the chance of disputes, and so on. When a multiparty transaction ends, one price (for example, money) may flow from one party and another price (for example, a product, service, or other) will flow from the other party. Therefore, for a multi-party transaction involving the above vacation scheme, the buyer provides expenditure to the facilitator. In every move from this facilitator to funds for sale, including suppliers for sale on multi-party holidays, suppliers / providers / intermediaries. In a similar way, each supplier / provider is informed of his obligations and any necessary details (for example, the date of travel or hotel accommodation; the amount of insurance; the number and type of new products). Although one or more embodiments described herein involve funds collected by a facilitator, this is not necessarily the case for all cash-based embodiments. Although facilitators may still be involved in the direct flow of money payments, other individuals may also collect funds in any form (for example, credit lending, cash, and other financial instruments). For example, each piece for sale that is traded on multiple parties includes conditions related to the products, services, or expenses offered. The conditions of a piece for sale may be determined by the owner or intermediary who made or gathered the piece for sale, or by a third party who provides or discusses a piece for sale. At the end of this paper size, the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 public love) is applicable ^ 7- -------------------------- Order --- ------ Line (please read the note on the back? Matters before filling out this page) 511016 A7 __ B7 V. Description of the invention (15) In multi-party transactions, the conditions and / or actions of the items for sale may be attached at the same time. Provisions established by a party or multi-party transaction business promoter. For example, the product may need to be shipped out (and confirmed that the consignment has been received) before the promoter pays the supplier, the sufficient buyer's funds or finances need to be confirmed before the product is shipped out, and so on. Reference is now made to Figure 1 which describes a chain of pieces for sale on a multi-party sale ready to be accepted by consumers. The for-sale item stage 100 of FIG. 1 includes four basic for-sale items for sale 102, 104, 106, 108, and two high-end packages-for sale items 11 2, 11 4. The basic item for sale is proposed by or on behalf of the supplier, which may be a manufacturer, service provider, wholesaler, retailer, or other. Therefore, the products included in the basic 102, 104, 106 are provided by the suppliers of these roller skates. The same supplier may be every basic supplier providing 102, 104, 106, or there may be different suppliers. The basic offer 108 is associated with the instructor of a rollerblade course. For example, the price associated with each basic offer is set by the product / service provider or the middleman who created the service. The set of items for sale 11 2 was assembled by the first middleman, agent, or others, and included a pair of inline skates, a pair of knee pads, and a pair of wrist braces. The price associated with the set of items for sale 11 2 includes the basic price of providing 02, 104, 106 plus a profit, or the fee charged by the middleman who created the entire set of items for sale 11 2. Similarly, the set of 114 for sale is a middleman. When he noticed that the Chinese paper standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm) is applicable to the first Chinese paper size (please read the note on the back first) ? Matters then fill out this page)

Order ----- I——Printed by the Consumer Cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs-18- 511016 A7 B7 V. Description of the Invention (16) When the sale of the set of interpersonal units is combined, there will be an opening The market for inline skates courses is gathered. The price associated with the sale item 114 of the package includes the price of the sale item 11 2 of the package, the price of the basic offer 108, and the fee charged by the middleman who gathered the entire sale item 114 of the package. These two middlemen may or may not be the same individual. Either only high-end pieces for sale (ie, set for sale 114) are listed, only two sets for sale are listed, or all for sale are listed, end view one Where or how many of the pieces for sale are listed. The rules of the system or the electronic environment for the placement of items for sale may specifically indicate to the user or anyone who may see which kind of item is for sale or the type of item for sale. However, in a particular embodiment of the present invention, only the founder of a package for sale can see or touch any offer in the package for sale. Similarly, anyone who can inspect basic or low-order items for sale may be barred from accessing sets or high-order items for sale. In order to be able to decide who can use this sale item, and / or for other purposes, the sale items may be classified or based on whether they are basic or packaged sale items, whether they are special industries or businesses, etc. And so on, and deal with it differently. Using this for sale or entering a location listed for sale may depend on a visitor's identity, organization, industry, or type of business, whether they are authorized to combine saleable items, or whether they are restricted to create Or accept pieces for sale and so on. Furthermore, once the information is established, the personal sale items may be constructed to allow or not be combined with other sale items, and only allow specific groups or types of species (for example, the consumption of this paper is applicable to the Chinese country) Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 mm) (Please read the note on the back? Matters before filling out this page) -------- Order --------- Line 1 Ministry of Economy Printed by the Intellectual Property Bureau's Consumer Cooperatives-19- 511016 A7 ____. —.B7 V. Inventor (17), middleman) Enter the system (for example, check the items for sale) and see if the items for sale have been combined Or gather the pieces for sale in a kit, allow access to the system, and more. To put it simply, in fact, any one of the parties listed in the multi-party sale item or system may be denied or allowed to use by the system, the conditions of the sale item, or the choice of the creator of the sale item. It depends on which part the inspector wants to enter (for example, identity, type and industry, past records). Items for sale can be listed, viewed, or used in online catalogs, an electronic bargaining market, a system for quoting requirements, an individual World Wide Web site, or other electronic environments. In one or more embodiments of the invention, cryptographic or other security techniques &apos; may be applied to protect pieces for sale and pieces for sale. In particular, since a multi-party trading system of the present embodiment is naturally distributed, it can be placed in any position in the distributed system or be truly represented no matter where the sale item is established. For example, in a place that is wrapped or gathered in a suit for sale. Therefore, it may be important to restrict access to items for sale, for example, only high-end or kit-for-sale items can be inspected. In one embodiment of the invention, the items for sale are constructed with XML (Extensible Markup) to improve the transportability and allow the hardware and software to communicate meaningfully on multiple brands of machines. In this embodiment, the parts related to the extensible mark code of the set 114 for sale may appear in the shape of Table 1. Normally, the set for sale includes the reference part of the second-for-sale item (for example, a server that identifies a message, or other systems related to the second-for-sale item. The paper size applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification ( 210 X 297 mm) (Please read the notes on the back before filling out this page) Order --------- line j Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs-20 Printed by the Consumer Cooperative 511016 A7 B7 V. Description of the Invention (y). For the sake of simplicity, these references are omitted in Table 1. Table 1 <Identification of Parts for Sale = "5432 1 @ mpti.nanobiz.com" &gt; &lt; price quantity = "-10.00" total amount = "-165.00" category = "USD" &gt; &lt; price quantity = "0" total amount = "1" category two "product" reference = "122" name = "Inline skates" / &gt; &lt; price quantity = "0" total amount = "1" kind = "product" reference = "233" name two "knee pads" / &gt; &lt; price quantity = "0 "Total amount =" 1 "Type =" Product "Reference =" 344 "Name =" Wristband " / &gt; &lt; price quantity = "0" total amount = "1" kind = "product" reference = "455" name = "course" / &gt; &lt; name &gt; inline skates set for sale &lt; / Name &gt; &lt; Description &gt; Inline Skates, Protective Equipment & Lesson 1 &lt; / Description &gt; &lt; Secret &gt; &lt;!-Other information, including parts for sale, is List here &lt; / secret &gt; &lt; / for-sale items &gt; In the second line of the sample XML expression, "price quantity" is ten dollars, which indicates the amount added to the higher-order sale item (ie, The amount of the items for sale 1 1 2 and the basic for sale item 108 is $ 10.) The "total amount" in the second line is the Chinese standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 mm) for this paper size- 21--n -i »» »-n ϋ _ ^ in 1 i · — n · ϋ n (Please read the precautions on the back before filling this page) Order ----------- line-511016 A7 --B7 V. Description of the invention (19) (Please read the notes on the back before filling out this page) The total amount that the representative must pay to satisfy and end the sale of items (ie, $ 1.65) is derived from the third Line to line six The sum of the identified secondary sale items. As described below, in the complete representation of the package sale items, the XML code for each sale item should be included in the package sale items 1 1 4 but It may or may not be visible, depending on the protection measures applied to the set of sale items 1 4 and sub sale items, the level of use, or the visibility given by the person using the sale or sub sale items. The "price and quantity" and "total amount" in the second row of Table 1 are represented by negative types, which means that when the multi-party transaction involving the set of sale items 1 1 4 ends, the relative amount is obtained from the supplier receive. The second line also indicates that the currency is in US dollars. The Consumer Cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs printed a balanced reverse transaction (that is, a set of inline skates for the purchase of a set of 1 to 14) will indicate a positive $ 6.5 A negative 値 for inline skates means that the reverse trader pays a sum of 'as the price of the desired product / service. The end of a sale item is therefore very easy to detect, because the sum of the matching sale item and the reverse sale item will be zero. In particular, and as illustrated in Figure 2 below, a reverse sale item that satisfies the condition 1 1 4 of the set for sale will have a positive $ 1 65, and a negative value on inline skates.値. A reverse-for-sale item can be referred to as a zero-sum sale. Sub-sale items are proposed in the third to sixth rows, and each item “quantity” is equal to zero, which means that the corresponding 値 is inherited from the sub-sale items. “Total amount” means the number of each product or service from the sub-sale item, and the sub-sale item is included in the set for sale, and it is expressed as a positive number. 22- This paper standard applies to China Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 mm) 511016 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (3 Products and services are provided, not imported from outside. ~ Matching products for reverse sales / Service, there will be a negative 値 (with ~ positive amounts) to indicate that the reverse sale items want to receive or introduce them. If the XML code related to the sub sale items is also included, _ Packed for sale item 114 may appear similar to the second table: <For sale item identification = "54321@mpti.nanobiz.com" &gt; <Price quantity = "-10.00" Total amount = "-165.00" Category = "USD "> &Lt; price quantity = reference =" 122 &lt; price quantity = reference = "233 &lt; price quantity = reference =" 344 &lt; price quantity = reference = "45 5 f 0" total amount = "1" type = "Product" Name = "Inline Skates" / &gt; Kind = "Product" fPlease Read the notes on the back and fill in this page) Printed by the Consumer Property Cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs f 0 "Total amount =" 1 Name = "Knee pads" / &gt; '0 "Total amount =" 1 "Type =" Product " Name = "Bracelet" / &gt; '0 "Total amount =" 1 "Type =" Product "Name =" Course "/ &gt; &lt; Name &gt; Inline skates set for sale &lt; / Name &gt; &lt; Description &gt; Inline Skates, Protective Equipment & Lesson 1 &lt; / Description &gt; &lt; Secret &gt; 〈Identification of Saleable Items = ”344513@mpti.nanobiz.com '' &gt; 〈 Price Quantity = "-10.00" Total Amount = "-105.00" Type = "USD" &gt; This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm) -23- Order ------ --- Line i Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs 511016 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (21 &gt; &lt; Price Quantity = "0" Total Amount = "1" Type = "Product" Reference = "1 22" Name = "inline skates" / &gt; &quot; price quantity = "0" total amount = "1" kind = "product" reference = "233" name = "Knee pads" / &gt; &lt; price quantity = "0" total amount = "1" kind = "product" reference = "344" name = "wrist support" / &gt; &lt; name &gt; inline skating Shoe Equipment &lt; / Name &gt; &lt; Description &gt; Inline Skates, Protective Equipment &lt; / Description &gt; &lt; Secret &gt; &lt;!-Other information, including sub-sale items, is in Here is a list> &lt; / secret &gt; <identification of the item for sale = "887322@mpti.nanobiz.com" &gt; <price quantity = "-57.50" total amount = "-57.50" type = "USD" &gt; &lt; price quantity = "1" total amount = "1" kind = "product" reference = "122" name = "inline skates &lt; / name &gt; &lt; description = cool straight inline Roller skates &lt; / Description &gt; &lt; / For Sale Items &gt; 〈Identification of Sale Items = “8789234@mpti.nanobiz.com” &gt; &lt; Price Quantity = “-15.00” Total Amount = ”-15.00 "Type =" US $ "&gt; &lt; Price Quantity =" 1 "Total Amount =" 1 "Type = This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm) -24-: --- --------------- ^ ---- ----- line (Please read the precautions on the back before filling this page) Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs 511016 A7 B7 V. Invention Description (y "Product" Reference = "233" Name = "Knee Pads" '' /〉 &Lt; name = kneepad &lt; / name &gt; &lt; description = Excal kneepad &lt; / description &gt; &lt; / for sale item &gt; <for sale item identification => 892384 @mpti. nanobiz.com "&gt; <price quantity =" -22.50 "total amount =" -22.50 "type =" USD "&gt; &lt; price quantity =" 1 "total amount =" 1 "type =" product "reference =" 344 "Name =" Wristguard "/ &gt; &lt; Name = Wristguard &lt; / Name &gt; &lt; Description = Excal Bracer &lt; / Description &gt; &lt; / For Sale Items &gt; &lt; / Secret &gt; &lt; / parts for sale &gt; <identification of items for sale = "8984921@mpti.nanobiz.com" &gt; <price quantity = "-50.00" total amount = "-50.00" kind = "USD ”&Gt; <price quantity =“ 1 ”total amount =“ 1 ”type =“ product ”reference =” 455 ”name =“ course ”/ &gt; &lt; name = inline skates course &lt; / name &gt; &lt; Instruction = beginner inline skates course &lt; / description &gt; &lt; / for sale item &gt; &lt; / secret &gt; &lt; / for sale item &gt; This paper standard applies Chinese national standard ( CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 mm) -25- --- Γ --------- clothing -------- order ---------! (Please read the notes on the back before filling out this page) 511016 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (23) The XML codes in Tables 1 and 2 explain the possible forms of a multi-party piece for sale ', but it does not limit the scope of the invention. Or the forms in which multiple parties sell items in different embodiments. In particular, many other details and conditions of a multi-party sale item, or multi-party transactions can be included, such as how / where to submit or accept payment, features that can be selected by the consumer (for example, inline wheels Color or size of skates, course date). Fig. 2 depicts a zero-sum sale of 200 for the multi-party sale item 1 14 shown in Fig. 1 as a reverse sale item by the consumer. As mentioned above, in one embodiment of the invention, the sale item 200 may be referred to as a zero-sum sale item, because in the extended sale item chain of FIG. 2, the positive and negative 値 are added to zero. . Figure 2 is a hierarchical graph of a for-sale piece that allows a multi-party transaction to be represented as a connection for sale. The graphical form of Figure 2 is derived from the multi-party transaction in Figure 1, but includes more details. Figure 3 demonstrates the shape of a multi-party transaction shown in Figure 2, where low-order pieces for sale are included in high-order pieces for sale. In Figures 2 and 3, each basic offer (pieces for sale 102, 104, 106, 108) identifies a positive badge provided by the supplier (for example, a pair of inline skates, a Inline skates course). Each basic offer identifies a negative puppet (eg, money) from the exchange in demand. Sets for sale pieces 112, 114 and zero and sale pieces 200, and at the same time get a positive 得到 for what they provide, and a negative 値 for what they accept. Each package for sale includes two negatives, which means the total amount that must be received in order to meet the package for sale, and the paper size of the middleman applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 mm) ( Please read the phonetic on the back? Matters and then fill out this page) --------- Order · I--I ---- Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs -26-511016 A7 B7 V. Description of the Invention (2 "or the total amount to be received by those who make up the package for sale ° (please read the precautions on the back before filling this page) In one embodiment of the invention, the sale of the package is in XML code To construct, the relevant parts of Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 and the pieces for sale 200 can appear as shown in Table 3, in which the pieces for sale 102, 04, 1 06, 1 08, 11 2, 1 24 The code is omitted for simplicity. Table 3 &lt; For Sale Items &gt; <Price Quantity = "165.00" Total Amount = "165.00" Category = "USD" / &gt; &lt; Price Quantity = "-1" Total Amount = "-1" Type = "Product" Reference = "122" Name = "Inline Skates" / &gt; &lt; Price Quantity = "-1 Total amount = "-1" Type = "Product" Reference = "233" Name = "Knee pads" &lt; Price quantity = "-1" Total amount = "· 1" Type = "Product" Reference = "344" Name 2 "Bracelet" / &gt; Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economy &lt; Price Quantity = "-1" Total Amount = "-1" Type 2 "Product" Reference 2 "455" Name = "Course" / &gt; &lt; Name &gt; Inline Skates Set For Sale &lt; / Name &gt; &lt; Description &gt; Inline Skates, Protective Equipment & Lesson 1 &lt; / Description &gt; &lt; / secret &Gt; &lt; / for-sale parts &gt; As seen in Tables 1 to 3, one for sale may be treated by -27- This paper size applies Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297) (Mm) Printed by the Consumer Cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs 511016 Α7 __________ Β7 V. Description of the Invention (25) The characteristics of the sale and its relationship may not be answered. Therefore, there is a relationship that cannot be answered The basic offer can be expressed as: offer two {price 値 1, ..., price値 N, name, description,…, {provide 1 ',…, provide Ν'}} where Ν ′ represents a relationship with the next-for-sale item NN, and the price 値 N is the price related to the second-for-sale item 値A fully resolved sub-sale item can be represented by the sale item N &quot;, in this case, one sale item in all the resolved sub-sale items can be expressed as: provide = {价 値 1, …, Price 値 Ν, name, description,…, {provide Γ, ..., provide NR &quot;}} is like a block diagram of the basic construction of a multiparty transaction. The pieces for sale are in various electronic environments and may be in various forms. appear. They may be listed, or accessed through a special or general computer environment. They may be in the form of advertising banners or links to computer web pages, may be mixed with text, may be inserted in conversations in the chat room, and so on. They can be accessed via e-mail, a mail via a screen with a human-computer communication function to a network group or other kanban, a message via a screen with a human-computer communication function to a discussion board, etc. . In particular, kits produced by middlemen for sale can target audiences or markets with which the middlemen are familiar. As mentioned earlier, a piece for sale may include a mix of supplier information about a product or service, and it may also contain some specific content (for example, product information, research) as well as those added by middlemen Link or control. *-I ---: ------------------ Order ------! * Thread (please read the notes on the back before filling this page) This paper size is applicable to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm) -28- 511016 A7 V. Description of the invention (2) The advantage is that in An intermediary of a multi-party transaction system does not need to maintain inventory orders. 'It does not require coordination or in order to enable final transactions with consumers to handle multi-party transactions, and does not need to worry about shipping or products or providing after-sales service. Instead, the middleman can focus on the business in real time, and bet more time and resources to attract consumers, build markets, experiment with new products and services, and so on. An intermediary may be given tools to create and manage pieces for sale, track the closing and completion of a multi-party transaction, and so on. In one embodiment of the invention, one or more markets can be established to be used as electronic discussion forums to access, generate, close, or otherwise manipulate multiple parties for sale and transactions. A market can be viewed as an entire industry, a particular industry in the industry (for example, manufacturing aircraft parts), a unique organization, a group of related organizations, one or more levels of supply keys (for example, retail, wholesale) , Or other groups or types of businesses that can be defined. The market may be related to a specific product, service, activity, etc. (for example, Barbie, sports equipment, gardening). The domains or functional areas of the market may overlap, be irrelevant, or be slightly related. Basically, a market can define or provide a market where suppliers, consumers, and intermediaries trade with each other. The market can be any system or place that can be accessed electronically, and each of them (suppliers and consumers) can be brought into the system together for transactions. Examples include online directories, bidding websites, auctions, etc. The market may have a collection of multi-party pieces for sale that are valid on this website, (Please read the note on the back? Matters before filling out this page) ------- Order ---------- line j Printed by the Consumers ’Cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the paper size is applicable to the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm) -29- 511016 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (27) plus other content (such as , Market rules, an information forum) (for example, via a web browser or other user interface). The head of the market may be appointed to establish, monitor, maintain, or manage the market, and the market may set and enforce rules for its own operations. Marketing executives may be provided with a set of tools that allow them to control the rules of marketing activities. Market rules may include business rules to guide transactions between multiple parties, required, recommended, and default provisions for items for sale in the market. Some micro-contracting rules and standards may be set for the markets they deal with (for example, by facilitating the closing of multi-party transactions). For example, the rules of the market can determine who can enter (for example, only middlemen, not consumers), what kind of entry, which market processes or lists which items for sale (for example, basic or set), and who The ability to create different pieces for sale, whether new ones for sale can be mixed with those for sale in other markets, whether for sale in the market will be duplicated or already included in other markets, etc. Market executives can consider many factors when setting market rules, such as restrictions on suppliers, intermediaries, and consumers, commission restrictions, maximum and minimum prices, legal (eg, local, state, federal) restrictions, etc. . A supervisor can determine the form in which items for sale are displayed, whether auctions are allowed, and so on. The market may have defaults on the items listed for sale, or restrictions on the transactions required (eg, method of payment, conditions of shipment). Different organizations may have different degrees of access to use in different markets. The market may be structured to enable it to do multi-party transactions, or to assist parties in all aspects or only one aspect, or any subset thereof. One market is the first to read the notes on the back IIIII. Printed by the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, printed by employees' consumer cooperatives. The paper size is applicable to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm) -30- 511016 A7 B7 Ministry of Economic Affairs Printed by the Property Cooperative Consumer Cooperative, i. Invention Description (28) It is necessary to allow any individual to provide products / services, but if it is to purchase and act as a middleman for products / services (for example, an unrestricted market), then perhaps This can be done without a marketing executive. When a visitor (e.g., supplier, intermediary, consumer) enters the market, the market may show a listing of the offers currently listed above, or at least the items for sale that the visitor is authorized to enter. A message board or discussion board may be provided to make communication between the two easier. Although it is just an instant messaging conversation, in the middle of this, the item for sale may be created, changed, or accepted. To create a piece for sale, as long as one party is connected to a selected market and provides the appropriate details, such as: product or service, quantity, price, freight, expiration date, and so on. For example, a manufacturer can create a basic product for sale for a particular product it produces (for example, a new product small machine). The market created by this for-sale item can be operated by this manufacturer, manufacturer's wholesaler / consumer, middleman in small machinery, or multi-party transaction facilitator. An aggregated sale item combines one or more sale items, and can be pioneered by detecting an intermediary or other individual required for this combination. Therefore, an agent can add the small machine provided by the manufacturer to the part for sale of the small machine. This agency can provide or install the wheel itself, or its parts for sale can also include parts for sale from a wheel supplier. One piece for sale may be included in more than one set for sale. Therefore, another agent may add the small machine provided by the manufacturer to the part for sale of the small rotating machine of his own. Also, because the set for sale may be in turn (Please read the phonetic on the back? Matters before filling out this page)

-------- Order --------- line j This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 x 297 feet) -31-511016 A7 _ B7 V. Description of the invention (29) Including larger pieces for sale, the middleman may go one step further and offer a deal that includes small wheeled machinery, and flanking machinery packages. For-sale items that are gathered to form a set-for-sale item need not be placed in the same market as the set-for-sale item. Therefore, an organization can create new, basic pieces for sale for its own products or services, and / or packages for sale in combination with products or services for sale by other organizations. The service added may be as simple as packaging, advertising, or shipping a product or completing a service, or it may be as complicated as assembling multiple parts to become an aircraft engine or part of an aircraft, or any Items that buyers and sellers can perceive. Gathering of items for sale can be done with or without human interaction. For example, a middleman doing aircraft engine transactions can use the actual market or other program structures or tools to search for one or more markets for the items needed to build the engine. This tool can operate on a set of rules that can be revised, which specify what items to look for, what prices are acceptable, any conditions required (for example, can be delivered within ten days), any conditions that are not acceptable (for example, Pay in cash) and so on. Alternatively, an employee of the middleman can visit various markets and find out what is needed. Or further, the items for sale can be advertised or disseminated via e-mail, radio, or any other form of electronic communication, whether initiated by the market or potential trading participants. In one embodiment of the invention, an organization or operator acting as a market executive or multi-party transaction promoter can coordinate or manage the end of the transaction activity. This organization can act like a conditional commission stamp. This paper size applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 mm) (Please read the precautions on the back before filling out this page)

--Order --------- line j Printed by the Consumer Cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs-32- 511016 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (30) The agent of the contract or the third party of the trust Guarantee the fulfillment of each party's obligations (e.g. consumer payments, delivery / completion of supplier products / services). The computer systems and other systems used in the towel farm to enable multi-party transactions, and to assist multi-party transactions, can be centralized or decentralized. In particular, the multi-party facilitators described above can operate a central or major system to coordinate market operations and other operations in the electronic environment of the multi-party trading system. As multi-party transactions may involve the exchange of multiple types of information, some of these information should be protected against certain groups. Passwords or other tools can be used to protect the information. This is particularly useful in the invention where components of a multi-party transaction system are allocated, and pieces for sale may be present in any of the local embodiments of the system environment, which is particularly useful. For example, a digital signature combined with a digital document can be used to confirm the authenticity of the item for sale, confirm the content of the item for sale, and generally provide a high degree of trust, assurance, and undeniability. The multi-party transaction structure used to close and complete a multi-party transaction for sale and exchange of information should include all the information needed to provide payment to intermediaries, suppliers, providers, and any other joining price to the multi-party transaction group. Similarly, sufficient information should be included to allow suppliers, providers, and other groups to determine and fulfill their obligations (for example, by informing the supplier that the buyer has identified the product / service item). In one embodiment of the invention, the extensible markup language is applicable to the construction of multi-party transactions and can be supplemented (or other security agreements) with passwords, such as envelope passwords, digital signatures, digital documents, etc. This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm) (Please read the precautions on the back before filling this page) -I ------ Order --------- Printed by the Consumer Cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs-33- 511016 A7 B7 V. Description of Invention (31) For example, the market stores detailed information about the pieces for sale and the transactions formed by these pieces for sale . So middlemen can easily determine the condition of the items they are for sale to see which one has ended, how much they owe or have been owed. Its advantage is that the structure of the multi-party trading system allows all the pieces for sale in multi-party transactions to be ended in an entire group. At the same time, the facilitator allocates expenditures to all participants-therefore, reducing each intermediary Need to pay his suppliers himself. What needs to be understood here is that in the embodiment of the present invention, each item for sale has a single data structure, and can be transmitted (for example, to a different market), extended (for example, included in other During the sale), editing (for example, by the creator of the sale item or other authorized participants), copying, self-termination, and self-permanence, etc. These markets established in accordance with one embodiment of the invention may be separate or collectively separate or concentrated. In other words, a single market may contain one or more servers or other computer systems at one or more locations, and a composite market may be co-located or separate. For example, in one example, the market may be structured as a web page or outlet and accessible through a web browser. In this case, a composite market may be logically fragmented, but physically close. In the market, consumers, suppliers, intermediaries and others who are allowed to enter the market can view the available pieces for sale, create new ones for sale, change their own pieces for sale, and decide that there are currently for sale The condition of the items depends entirely on the criteria they can enter. Therefore, if a piece for sale is accepted and closed, the party can decide how and when to complete it. This paper size applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 Regulation (210 X 297 mm) (please read the note on the back first)咅? Please fill out this page again) -III ———— Order ----— II--Line-Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs-34- 511016 A7-B7 In another embodiment, the parties involved in the items accepted for sale will be automatically notified (via email, fax, telephone) to expedite the process of ending this multi-party transaction. One of the inventions The embodiment is particularly suitable for use with a publicly accessible network, such as the Internet. In a completed example of this embodiment, a piece for sale can utilize an extensible markup language or other software development tools , Or a computer system compatible software for a special electronic environment. In this embodiment, the items for sale can be viewed on a web page using Hypertext Markup Language and other software tools or standards. See or suggest. Specifically, the programming languages and development aids used to assist the embodiments of the present invention are not limited to those methods, or any special network or computer environment. Embodiments of the present invention Elements (such as 'for-sale items, markets, promoters') may be widely or narrowly dispersed and function separately. Other embodiments of the present invention, whether public or private in nature, can be used in different environments And network development, such as a wide area network, a local area network, a local area network within an enterprise, etc. In one embodiment of the present invention, a multi-party piece for sale can be observed in multiple aspects. It can be regarded as an operation of multi-party for-sale items, and its nature may be active or passive. For example, active observation changes the multi-party for-sale items in some ways, changing a state related to him , Or may lead to an external event. Conversely, a passive observation does not affect multiple pieces for sale or any elements in them (for example, In one embodiment of the invention, the Chinese paper standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm) is applied to the passive paper size of all multi-party pieces for sale (please read the precautions on the back first) (Fill in this page) Order --------- Printed by the Consumer Cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs-35 · Printed by the Employee Cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs 511016 A7 --------- -B7_ V. Description of the invention (33) Among the observations, market visitors who belong to the market observation can browse or list one or more items for sale. The observation of a media is also passive. Among them are banner advertisements and hyperlinks. 2. The image or other component referred to by the computer representative is displayed or associated with the item for sale, just like an intermediary observation, where the intermediary or other party can view the multiparty transactions they have established and Any related sub-sale items they can or allow to see. This embodiment can also include other passive observations to view a multi-party sale item without changing it, such as when a sale item is passed to a person (for example, a group transfers to a Hawaiian vacation Selling a piece to a group member), or when a creator or other person checks the status of a piece for sale or includes a piece for sale. An active point of view occurs when a party attempts to close a sale item ′ such as when a trader proposes or authorizes a match with the sale item set 1 14, as shown in Figure 2 for the zero sum sale item 200. For different users, groups, or markets, the point of view of a piece for sale or for sale may be different. Therefore, an extensible markup language code that represents a piece for sale can be used as an input to a customization process, in which the resulting display (for example, in a hypertext markup language on a web page), depending on the situation, is composed of different Component or content. For example, opinions in the market may be trademarked to reflect the group's operations, operations, or support for the market. In one embodiment of the invention, a market leader or multi-party transaction facilitator operates a process-for-sale process server to assist the end of a multi-party for-sale item. For example, the process server for sale of items exchanges information with other multi-party server for sale, such as servos that are operated by or in the market. The paper size applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297). Li) -3ό-(Please read the notes on the back before filling this page)

Printed by the Consumer Cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs 511016 A7 --------- B7 V. Description of the invention (34) device, and / or the name of a single party, or involved in a multi-party transaction or sub-transaction server. In a completed example, the transaction message is based on one or more communication formats, such as allowing a remote machine to execute a certain program (RPC), Hypertext Markup Language (XML) in a Hyper File Transfer Protocol (http), and a remote call Orchestration (RMI), Corba, Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM), etc. Using the generalized collection and format of messages, it effectively helps to maintain meaningful communication between software and hardware on multiple brand machines, as well as the integration of all systems, and promotes a multi-party for-sale item. Or uniform handling of sub-sale items. Table 4 lists an example of an extensible markup language that can be exchanged between various multi-party for-sale server in one embodiment of the present invention to allow a remote machine to execute a certain program call or message, in particular When at the end of a multiparty transaction. Especially in this embodiment, the information is exchanged using the technique of allowing data to be exchanged in a HyperFile Transfer Protocol and letting a remote machine execute a certain program (for example, between parties, facilitators and parties), where The data is formatted in Extensible Markup Language. This message technique can be called extensible markup language for a remote machine to execute a certain program. This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm) -37 · (Please read the precautions on the back before filling this page}

--- i 1 Order --II!! · Line I 511016 A7 — —__ B7 V. Description of the invention (M Table 4: Extensible markup language paging instructions / action authorization for a remote machine to execute a certain program. Start transaction. For example: Authorize deposit transfer, propose a product reservation to satisfy multiple parties for sale. Return authorization to cancel previous authorization. For example: remove authorization for deposit transfer, cancel product reservation, undertake obligations to undertake a transaction. For example, to ship product out Responsibilities: If possible, cancel the previous obligation to remit and end a transaction. For example: obtain credit card funds, remit money to the supplier. 0 Refund, if possible, return the previous remittance. For example, return the credit card account. I have entered the supplier's account. (Please read the note on the back? Matters before filling out this page) Printed by the Consumer Cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, for example, to help create, observe, close, or otherwise manipulate transactions During the exchange, the item for sale may include a communication link part, in many uses You can clearly identify a communication link -38- This paper size is applicable to the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm) Printed by the Consumer Cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs 511016 A7 _____ B7 V. Description of the invention 36) The same resource identifier (URI), or the same resource identifier (URL), of a server or other server related to the creator or supplier of the item for sale. With this same resource identifier (URI), A multi-party for-sale server can open a channel to this designated address and start exchanging messages. Whether it is a basic or high-level sale for sale, there will be more than one variable related to multi-sale for sale. When the sales item is created, these variables follow the sales item 'and can be stored in a database or other data structure, so that the server should be contacted with the communication related to the sales item of multiple parties because of the behavior of one party or Obligations can be accessed when they are touched. The following uses the variables described in another embodiment of the invention, which may be a subset of the variables or The author is a superset. In one embodiment of the invention, the highest usage counter is a construct that indicates the number of times a piece for sale can end or be accepted. For a basic piece for sale, Under the conditions for the sale of items, the highest use counter can indicate how many units of a particular product are available or how many times a particular service can be provided. For a set of sale items, The highest usage counter in the set of sold items can be set to the smallest highest used counter of all or second-for-sale items. In this embodiment, the expiry variable of a sale item indicates The expiration date and / or time of the sale item and cannot be renegotiated. For a package sale item, the expiration variable can be set to the lowest or earliest expiration variable of the included sale item. The validity variable simply states that the relevant paper for sale is sized according to the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm) -39- 丨 丨 ^ -------------- ---- Order --------- line j (Please read the note on the back? Matters before filling out this page) Printed by the Employees' Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs 511016 A7 B7 V. Description of Invention (37) Whether it is effective. For example, a supplier may just set the validity variable of a sold item to be true if the inventory or service of his product is too low, or the cost makes the sold item unsustainable. Ineffective until the situation changes. For a packaged item for sale ', the validity variable is a combination of validity variables set to all included items for sale. A method of ending a multi-party transaction As mentioned earlier, in one embodiment of the present invention, a multi-party sale item must be balanced with a reverse sale item to be negotiated. In other words, the sum of all 値 in the transaction chain must be zero. Just like the results of the sale item graphs in Figures 2 and 3, a price tag (for example, an expense or a product / service), when it is received by the seller for sale, may be expressed as a negative sign, When the owner of the item for sale offered it in exchange for another item, it was positive. Although described above in the present invention is an embodiment in which products / services are exchanged for money, another alternative embodiment of the present invention can be used for barter exchanges in which a product or service is provided in exchange for The same. In one embodiment of the invention, the zero-sum sale item is a high-order sale item among the multi-sale sale items of one class, which is the same as the sale item 200 in FIGS. 2 and 3. Once the zero-sum sale part 200 in FIG. 2 is proposed by an existing sale item (ie, the sale item set 114), the multi-party transaction of the sale item for multiple parties may begin the agreed steps. In different examples, zero-sum pieces can be used to identify the entire multi-party sale piece chain for sale pieces, or to include all paper sizes applicable to the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 mm) -40--^ ------------------ order -------- * line (please read the phonetic on the back? Matters before filling this page) 511016 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (38) There are other items for sale at the highest level, depending on the context of the items for sale. For example, the end of a multi-party transaction is handled by a for-sale processing server, which may be operated by a multi-party transaction facilitator, intermediary, market leader, supplier, or others. In one or more embodiments of the present invention, the item processing server for sale interacts with other servers in the multi-party transaction system. Multiparty trading systems can be extended to virtually any number and type of computers, communication devices, networks and businesses connected electronically. The for-sale processing server can interact with a payment server to retrieve valued items (such as money or other exchangeable items of value) from consumers, or to register accounts with suppliers. The for-sale processing server can interact with one or more execution servers at the same time to notify the supplier of its obligations and determine whether these obligations are satisfactory. For example, the execution server can be any computer system associated with a supplier, a consumer, an intermediary, or a market to help end multi-party transactions. In one embodiment of the present invention, when one zero-sum sale item is in the process of ending, another sale item variable is just beginning-except for those mentioned above. This variable can be referred to as the end state and indicates the end state of a sale item in a multiparty transaction (that is, a sale item included in the zero sum sale item). The beginning of the end state variable is "On", which indicates that the end process has just begun. In this embodiment, other possible transactions include "authorization", "undertaking obligations", "remittance", and "invalid". An authorized item for sale is a successfully authorized item for sale, that is, the funds have been indicated that they are about to be transferred, the product is retained, and the paper size is applicable to the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 public) (%) (Please read the precautions on the back before filling out this page) -------- Order --------- Printed by the Consumers ’Cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs-41-511016 A7 B7 V. Description of Invention (39) An end-state variable, 値, is an obligatory sale for which the fulfillment of the obligation has been successfully completed, that is to say, for example, that all purchased goods have been shipped in their entirety. The remittance card means that all funds related to the item for sale have been remitted, that is, paid by the consumer, and also paid to the supplier, intermediary, or others. An invalid 値 indicates that the sale item has been canceled, or the end steps and actions have failed. 〇 For the zero sum sale item 200 in Figures 2 and 3, the method of ending a multi-party transaction is now discussed. Figures 4A to 4E described below provide a more detailed explanation of the end process. A multi-party transaction can be defined to include all the pieces for sale in the chain of pieces for sale that correspond to zero-sum pieces for sale. Therefore, the transaction = {102 for sale, 104 for sale, 106 for sale 106, 108 for sale 108, 112 for sale 114, 114 for sale 200, and 200 expired and valid Variables, as well as the highest usage counters, must be taken into account in order to decide whether the transaction can be closed and how the results of the items for sale in the chain of items for sale can change. The value of the mid-term full transaction variable is equal to the earliest expiration date or time of the various items for sale. Therefore, the earliest expiration date of 102 for sale, 104 for sale 106, 106 for sale 108, 108 for sale 112, 114 for sale, and 200 for sale are the earliest expiration variables for all transactions. . Next, the validity of the transaction can be based on the validity of several pieces for sale. The paper size applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 mm). )

-------- Order --------- Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economy -42- Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economy 511016 A7 _ B7 _ V. Invention Explanation (40) is determined by the combination of sexual variables (for example, by combining its effective unitary with Bollinger algebra). As long as each piece for sale in the transaction is still valid, the transaction itself is valid. The highest usage counter of a transaction can be set according to the lowest highest usage counter of a sale item in a multi-party transaction. However, in a special embodiment of the invention, in order to lock or schedule the resources related to the sale item and prevent the order from going out of range when the sale item is inspected at the end, each one is in the transaction The highest usage counters for parts for sale are reduced. Of course, if the end of a multi-party transaction fails, the maximum usage counter is increased to unlock these resources. Therefore, in this embodiment, if, after reviewing each item, the 一个 of the highest-used register of any one of the items for sale is below zero, the transaction can be performed (as long as the highest-used register is involved). Once again, a chirp may be reported as zero, because the check of the register may cause it to decrease automatically. At the beginning of the end process, the end status variable of each item for sale 102, 104, 106, 108, 112, 114, 200 is set to "ON". If the current date / time exceeds the 値 of the expiry variable of the transaction, or if the 値 of the validity variable is wrong, or if any of the highest-used registers is less than zero, the zero and end-of-sale variables for the 200 for sale item are set Is invalid, and any locked resources are opened (for example, in conjunction with the highest usage counter view). In a completed example, a for-sale item directly below the zero-for-sale item (that is, the set for sale 114 in Figure 2 that matches the zero-and-sale item 200), if the highest counter is used Failure may be invalid at the same time. This paper size applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 mm 1 -43- _ ..-- a ---------- * ---- --- Order --------- line j (Please read the notes on the back before filling this page) 511016 Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs A7 B7 V. Description of Invention (41) because They will also fail at other end attempts. If the transaction is not ineffective, then each of the transaction currency given to the transaction currency or through the product or service is a puppet for sale (ie, for sale 102, 104, 106). , 108, 112, 114, 200), and its end status variable is set to authorized. The processing server for processing the sale-for-sale items can then interact with a payment server to confirm the validity of the funds (ie , For sale 200). In addition, one or more completions, or other multi-party transaction servers may be Contact to determine if there is enough goods to be shipped and any services can be provided (for example, at the required deadline, at the desired location). If any authorized sale items fail during the authorization process, the transaction becomes invalid , And unlocking of locked resources. In this embodiment of the invention, an extensible markup language can be exchanged (and / or any other part of the end process) during the authorization phase to let a remote machine execute a certain program. The message may be unnamed, and the message does not need to contain any information other than positive or negative, commercial or specified for sale. Therefore, a process or facilitator for the sale of an item for sale that processes the authorization phase and sends the authorization message The unit only needs to treat the authorization information of payment authorization, just like a message of inventory retention or other actions. For example, the accepting party (for example, a server related to one party in a multi-party transaction, or involving Agent) knows how to interpret this message and take appropriate action. If the items for sale 102, 104, 106, 108 If the 200 authorization is successful, the supplier will assume the obligation of the parts for sale. For example, their end state variables are set to assume the obligation, and the product shipment and this paper size are subject to the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification ( 210 X 297 mm) -44-(Please read the notes on the back before filling this page)

Order ------------ line 511016 A7 ____ B7____ V. Description of invention (42) Performance of service. Since the required resources have been authorized (that is, they indicate that they are available), failure to take responsibility can only occur in rare cases (for example, natural disasters). In the end, all the items for sale will be terminated, and their ending state variables are set as remittances to the middlemen, suppliers, and others by receiving payment from the consumer. Referring now to FIGS. 4A to 4E, using the multi-party pieces for sale of FIG. 2 as a reference, a detailed description of the ending process of an embodiment of the present invention is further discussed. The end process of this description can be logically divided into four stages: confirmation (Figure 4A), authorization (Figure 4B), commitment (Figure 4C), and remittance (Figure 4D), which are in accordance with the above process. similar. Although the order of description is from FIG. 4A to FIG. 4E, in another embodiment of the invention, one or more stages (or an action in a stage) can be completed at the same time, or nearly simultaneously. . Therefore, the scope of the present invention is not limited in this order, and many of the actions that make up the end process are as described in Figs. 4A to 4E, but are intended to extend all the methods that can be derived from the illustrated process. In FIG. 4A, the exemplary closing process begins when a multiparty transaction promoter receives a zero sum for sale item in state 400 (for example, the zero sum for sale item 200 in FIG. 2). This facilitator may be the owner, middleman, supplier, consumer, or third-party marketer or an independent or semi-independent person who includes one of the zero-for-sale items for sale. In this exemplary embodiment, the zero-sum sale items are accepted in a form that can be completely resolved, including the matching sale items (sets for sale 114) and this paper size applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification ( 210 X 297 mm) -45-(Please read the precautions on the back before filling out this page) -------- Order --------- Printed by the Consumers ’Cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs System 511016 A7 B7 V. Description of Invention (43) Any other sale item related to the matching sale item. The zero-sum sale item 200 of FIG. 2 can be considered to be included, paired, or combined with the sale item 102, 104, 106, 108, 1 12 '1 14' 200. In another embodiment, the facilitator only receives a reference for a zero-sum sale item and takes action to resolve it (for example, by contacting a multi-party transaction server that hosts or stores various sale items). Therefore, the multi-party transaction formed from the zero-sum sale item includes the zero-sum sale item and all sale items included in or connected to it. In this embodiment, when a consumer viewing a variety of items for sale (e.g., packaged for sale item 114) chooses to accept one for sale, the zero-and-for-sale items are delivered to the facilitator. This acceptance can be achieved through a consumer's browser or other computerized user interface, via email, automated processing, or through a middleman or other group on behalf of the consumer. However, regardless of the method used by the consumer or others to accept selected items for sale, zero-sum items are created electronically and delivered to the facilitator. In another embodiment, the consumer, middleman, or anyone else uses an automated system to accept parts for sale that meet certain criteria, and the automated system delivers zero and sale parts to the facilitator. At the same time, in the state 400, the facilitator can set the end state variable of each sale item in the multi-party transaction to ON to indicate the start of the end process. The confirmation phase of the end of the demonstration process starts in state 402 (if the confirmation is successful, it can be imagined to continue to state 4 1 8). In status 402, the paper size of the final sale of the facilitator for each transaction on multiple parties applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm) (Please read the precautions on the back before filling this page)- -------- Order --------- Printed by the Consumer Cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs-46-511016 A7 B7 V. Invention Description (44) (Please read the precautions on the back first Fill out this page again) to determine which is the earliest expiration variable. For example, each item for sale includes an expiration variable that indicates when it will expire. If there is no expiration variable, it can be assumed that it will never expire, or the facilitator can contact the person associated with the item for sale to decide whether it will not expire. In state 404, the facilitator decides whether the expiration date / time has passed. If so, the demonstration process proceeds to state 498 to notify the consumer who offered the zero and sale item that the transaction failed; then stop. Consumers may or may not be notified why this multi-party transaction has failed (that is, in this article, because the transaction has expired). As explained below, when multiparty transactions fail, other actions may be taken (for example, to inform the owner of a sale about the expiration of the sale of the sale, delete the expired sale). If the expiration date / time has not passed, the first sale item in the multi-party transaction in status 406 is selected for confirmation. In status 408, the facilitator attempted to contact an authorised source for sale related to the selection of the item for sale. The party involved in the sale may be the person who provided certain valuable items in the sale (for example, the payment of a product or service, or the payment of a product or service), the individual who initiated the transaction, the intermediary, or handled for this party Agents of commercial affairs, etc. Printed by the Consumers' Cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs. The person involved in the sale of goods can provide services to one or more individual individuals and can play the role of all or part of a sale of goods. For example, if an item for sale consists of several items or components, different parties involved in the item for sale can be identified by different components. For example, for sale items that contain one or more pieces of information, the sale party can be identified in all other things. -47- This paper size is in accordance with Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm) 511016 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (45) (Please read the note on the back? Matters before filling out this page) At the same time, a Known parties (eg, consumers, suppliers) may be associated with several parties for sale. For example, a supplier may be associated with the first person (eg, middleman, distributor) who operates, processes, or ends the product or service provided by the supplier. This supplier may be associated with a different party (for example, a bank) that accepts funds paid for a product or service. The term "participant for sale" is used here to refer to the role of the organization or individual as the person involved in the sale of the item, and to be used to assist the person involved in the sale of the item for sale. Or automated systems of transactions. In the presently described embodiment, the sale item party associated with each sale item, the sale item itself is identified by a URI / URL (the same resource identifier, or the same resource address) Device). Connections can be made through the establishment of one or more networks or other data connections (for example, the Internet, an intra-company Internet, wide area network, local area network), which may include wired And / or unlimited connections, and it is basically possible to utilize any communication protocol. In another embodiment, communication can be established using the communication described herein, and any tools and functions that allow communication of different functions. The Consumer Cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs is printed in state 4 1 0. If the person for sale cannot be contacted, the multi-party transaction fails, and the process continues from state 496, where the identification phase is not completed and the consumption The person is informed and the steps stop. For example, as will be described further below, if one or more parties involved in a sale are successfully contacted before one of the transactions fails, the successfully contacted party will need to be informed that the multi-party transaction has been cancel. In another real-48- this paper size applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm) printed by the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs's Consumer Cooperatives 511016 KI Β7 V. Description of the invention (46) In the example, A multi-party transaction may simply be delayed, amended, or the facilitator may attempt to contact the party for which this unreachable item is for sale. However, if the facilitator does contact the person on the item for sale ', then in state 4 1 2 the facilitator draws information from the person on the item for sale on the validity and highest use of the register. In this embodiment of the invention, the above-mentioned validity variables and the highest use counters are not stored as a part of the individual pieces for sale, but are maintained by the owner of the pieces for sale. In this embodiment, since this information is stored with the person who sells the item for sale, once the item for sale is created, it will be permanent. This makes them so mobile that they can be used again and again and can be negotiated in different contexts and with multi-party transactions. Because it stores the information it needs, the owner of the item for sale has better ability to update the validity and availability of the item for sale. However, in contrast, the validity variable and the highest usage register can be stored or maintained in every sale item. In this case, after the sale item is created, it may be changeable. However, when a piece for sale is used, it must be located and tested every time, making it less mobile. For example, in order to report the availability of items for sale, the owner of the items for sale reduces the number of highest used counters. Therefore, a for-sale item can be considered as usable if the 导出 reported by the highest usage counter is greater than or equal to zero (for example, to indicate that after the current multi-party transaction, the sale item can still be used several times) . In another embodiment, the availability of items for sale may be reported in other ways. For example, the person who sells the item for sale may simply report whether the highest use of the register (or other information) indicates that the item for sale is still 1 ------ Line · (Please read the notes on the back before filling in this page) This paper size is applicable to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297)-49- 511016 A7 ___ B7 V. Invention Note (47) of course can be used (ie, no quantity is indicated). Alternatively, the person selling the item can report the previous decrease in the highest usage counters. In short, the person selling the item maintains the item for sale. Required validity and availability / availability information, and inform the facilitator if the item for sale is valid and available. In state 4 1 4 the facilitator test is passed by the person responsible for the item for sale The information returned is used to determine whether the item for sale has been identified (for example, whether the item for sale is valid and available). If not, then the illustrated steps are advanced to state 496 and as far as possible To cancel the identification phase, notify the consumer that the multi-party transaction has failed, and leave. The sale item has been confirmed, then in state 4 1 6 the facilitator decides whether it has identified all the sale items in the multi-party transaction. If not, the step returns to state 406 to select another item. Otherwise The steps advance to state 420 to begin the end of the authorization phase. In one embodiment of the invention, a zero-sum sale item is considered "tradable" after successfully passing through the identification phase. However, in another In one embodiment, once a zero-sum sale item is formed, it can be considered tradable (and matched with the conditions contained in the sale item). At the end of the demonstration, status 420 begins an authorization Phase, for a successful multi-party transaction, may include state 420 to state 434. In state 420, the facilitator selects the first multi-party transaction indicated as positive. As previously mentioned, when consumers, suppliers When an intermediary or someone else sells items to give or provide value (for example, money, products, or services) in exchange for other items (for example, other valuable substances), they offer Paper size applies Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 mm) (Please read the phonetic on the back? Matters before filling out this page) tFill too much Printed by the Consumer Cooperative of the Property Bureau -50- 511016 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (48) The value of supply can be expressed by a positive number. Conversely, the other party who accepts this value of material is marked with a negative value. Therefore, in the zero sum 200 for sale in Fig. 2, the consumer's sale for $ 165 can be represented by a positive 値, and the number of inline skates (ie, a group) , Is represented by a negative number. Similarly, in the item 102 for sale, the 値 provided by the supplier (ie, a pair of inline skates) is represented by a positive number (ie, a pair), The exchange rate (ie, $ 57.50) received by the supplier is expressed as a negative rate. Also, the consumer's item for sale also includes a negative badge accepted by the consumer (ie, a pair of inline skates). Therefore, in the state 420, the facilitator selects one of the for-sale pieces to be added to the positive sale for sale. Again, the amount of this payment may be provided by the consumer, or the product or service provided by the supplier, or something of value provided by an intermediary or other person, and so on. If there are several positive puppets for a piece for sale, states 420 to 434 may be executed one by one or at the same time. In state 422, the facilitator attempts to contact the sale party for the selected sale item. The owner of the item for sale can be identified in the item itself (for example, by the same resource identifier, the same resource addresser, other network address). In state 424, the facilitator decides whether this connection was successful. If not, the illustrated steps are advanced to state 494, and the authorization and identification phase may be cancelled to inform the consumer that the multi-party transaction has failed, and leave. In another embodiment, multiple connections may be attempted before a multi-party transaction is cancelled. As described below, the facilitator may apply the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 mm) to a paper size that cannot be profitable (Please read the note on the back? Matters before filling out this page)-!! 11 Orders — — ^-I — I Line j Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs -51-511016 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (49) Those involved in the sale of the goods used, take additional actions (for example, delay Multiparty transactions). If it has been linked, in state 426, the facilitator finds the multi-party transaction for sale with a negative total for the selected positive encounter. For example, a positive product is a product or service provided by a supplier, and a multi-party transaction finds a piece of this receiving product or service for sale. If the positive sum is a payment, the multi-party transaction finds the pieces for sale that accept the process. In state 428, the facilitator transmits an authorization to the sale item party associated with this sale item with a positive choice. For example, this authorized message informs this party that the item for sale is being processed. At the same time, if the item for sale identified with a negative plutonium or component is provided to the person for sale or the information required for the item is positive, this information is provided to the person for sale . For example, if the consumer has a choice of items (eg, color, size, delivery address, date) for the product or service provided by the supplier, and this saleable item with a negative offer provides something like this Opportunity to choose, these choices are communicated to the parties to the sale. This information will be necessary for the person who sells the item to decide whether the item for sale will be satisfied by the customer (for example, determining whether there is a good product in stock and whether the service can be performed at the requested date). . Therefore, one purpose of the pieces for sale information is to inform the parties that their pieces for sale are already being processed and to make sure that they are also ready to reach the item for sale. Therefore, when a party to a sale item receives a sale item information, it can decide whether it is willing and willing to do so. In addition, the supplier of the product or service is expected to retain this product or service. This paper size applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 mm) (Please read the precautions on the back before filling this page) ------- Order --------- Line 1 Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs-52- 511016 A7 __________________ B7 V. Description of the invention (50) Delivery or performance, while the other party (Consumers) are also obliged to pay funds (for example, credit card charges). This authorization phase can therefore be regarded as a party's last chance to default, or cancel this sale item. The parties to the sale should return a confirmation notice or guarantee that it will fulfill its due obligation. In status 430, the facilitator decides whether the party for sale has notified the receipt of this sale of sale information. If not, try again a few times, but if you still haven't been informed that this information has been received, or when the party for sale has sent another response (for example, cancel), the steps continue to status 494 and cancel as soon as possible Authorization and identification stage, and communicated to consumers that this multi-party transaction failed. This instruction demonstrates the steps left. However, if an authorization confirmation notification has been received, then in state 432, the facilitator decides whether it has completed each saleable item with a fairness and each saleable item with a fairness in the saleable item ( For example, a piece for sale may include more than one positive i) license. If not, step returns to state 420 to select another item for sale or the other part of the item for sale that is positive. If, in a multi-party transaction, all valid portions of the item for sale have been successfully authorized, then in state 434, the facilitator may (ie, state 434 is arbitrary) simultaneously authorize all sales in the multi-party transaction. The components are negative. This may be necessary to perform actions like states 420 to 432 in Figure 4B. In fact, the licenses for the sale part may only be aggregated to inform the sale party that they should expect to receive a specific amount (for example, the products or services they provide in exchange for money, and vice versa) ). Therefore, it can apply the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 mm) to this paper size to inform the progress of the transactions of the parties concerned for sale (please read the note on the back? Matters before filling out this page) -I nnnnnnn Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs-53- Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs 511016 A7 B7 V. Invention Description (51) can be very helpful, but it is not expected or required to respond Or confirm the notification. After the optional state 434, the exemplary steps proceed to the state 440 and the stage of commitment. In the exemplary embodiment of the invention, the state 440 of FIG. 4C may begin a phase of commitment to end the process, which can be regarded as a successful transaction that continues to state 454. The actions of states 440-454 are similar to the actions of states 420-434 in the authorization phase (Figure 4B), so they will not be described in detail here. In states 440-442, the positive component of a transaction for sale is selected, and the facilitator attempts to contact the relevant party for sale. In the state 444, if the contact fails, the steps advance to the state 492, and the commitment, authorization, and identification stages may be cancelled, after which the consumer is informed that the multi-party transaction has failed and leaves. For example, if a supplier's items for sale are successfully fulfilled before the transaction fails, the supplier may or should have delivered its product. It may be difficult or even impossible to completely cancel the transaction, at which time personnel may be required to negotiate to make the two parties resolve the issue satisfactorily or decide on an appropriate solution. In states 446-448, the facilitator once again informs the party concerned of the sale of the item, this time in the form of information about the obligation, the sale of the item is in progress, and any items or details that are needed or helpful. Once the message of commitment is received, the supplier is expected to send out its product or arrange for the performance of its service. The product / service should already be reserved or booked in response to the authorization message. In the state 450, if the party for sale is unable to inform the receiver that the paper size is applicable to the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 mm) -54- (Please read the note on the back? Matters before you fill out (This page)

511016 A7 B7 V. Description of the obligation of the invention (52), or if it responds to the condition that it is unable to complete the transaction or the item they are for sale, the steps of the demonstration are advanced to state 492. In one embodiment of the invention, a party to a sale item may respond with alternative conditions (eg, different products, different choices, or projects) during the authorization or commitment phase. The facilitator may reject any attempt to change the item or sale for sale, or, if accepted by all relevant parties, take action to revise the transaction based on conditions. In state 452, if additional items for sale or positive sales of items for sale can be processed, the step returns to state 440. Otherwise, the random state 454 may be performed to achieve the phase of commitment of the negative component of the item for sale. Like state 434, state 454 may complete all or any subset of the negative component in the transaction. After that, the steps proceed to the remittance phase in state 4 14. In the illustrated embodiment, the remittance phase of states 460-474 (Figure 4D) is similar to the commitment and authorization phase. In this embodiment, a different place is that the remittance phase is to want to come or get paid from the appropriate group (for example, consumers), and spend funds to middlemen, suppliers or others to satisfy Financial conditions of the transaction. This is different from the commitment phase in the illustrated embodiment. It is to stimulate recipients of these funds to ship or provide related products / services. For example, the remittance phase is to complete all the items for sale and Composition of components for sale, whether 値 is positive or negative. Therefore, 'When each party of a multi-party transaction completes the remittance stage, its price has been provided and the Chinese national standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 mm) has been applied to this paper size. (Please read the notes on the back before filling out (This page) -II Orders !! Line j Printed by the Consumer Cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs-55- Printed by the Consumer Cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs 511016 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (53) Inform him of the exchange The value received has been transferred. If the item for sale fails during the remittance phase, the steps advance to state 490. For successful multi-party transactions, the illustrated steps end after state 474. For unsuccessful transactions, any or all of the steps will be completed in states 490-498, depending on when the transaction fails. In states 490-496, the phases of remittance, commitment, authorization, and identification were not completed respectively. In status 498, a consumer who is responsible for the zero sum for sale item 200 or another for sale item is notified that the transaction has failed. Then the illustrated steps leave. In states 490-496, the facilitator attempts to completely change all actions that cause a multiparty transaction to fail. However, once the commitment phase begins, it can be very difficult to completely change the outcome of a transaction without human intervention. Therefore, in different embodiments of the present invention, states 490-498 may be fully or only partially automatic. However, if possible, the facilitator will cancel the payment, shipping, hold shipping and transfer, etc. and return it to each party and the party for sale to the condition before the multi-party transaction started. In the event of a multi-party transaction failure, the facilitator may notify related parties about the reason for the transaction failure. Therefore, a multi-party transaction that fails due to the expiration date of a sale item can be deleted from its market or other location. A party for sale or a party for sale may be notified if any part of a sale for sale associated with this authorization fails, enabling the sale of the sale to be amended or withdrawn if necessary. Organizations that have behavioral deviations (do not perform delivery of goods, refuse to accept transactions) models or records may be warned that this paper size applies Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specifications (210 X 297 mm) -56- (Please read the back Please complete this page for Note 3 items} Ίδτ · 511016 A7 _______B7 V. Description of Invention (54), Prohibition of using the market or trading, may be published to other groups, etc. Therefore, the information collected by the promoters can be within the scope permitted by law Within, it is shared with market executives, intermediaries, suppliers, consumers, and others. The foregoing descriptions in the embodiments of the present invention are only for demonstration and illustration. They are not intended to limit the disclosure of the present invention. Formally. Therefore, the above explanation is not intended to limit the present invention; the scope of the present invention is defined in the scope of the attached patent application. (Please read the note 3 on the back before filling out this page)- I ---- Order II--! Line 'Printed by the Consumers' Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs-57- This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 2 97 mm)

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511016 ☆ 、 Appendix 1 to the scope of patent application: No. 8 9 1 2 6 7 9 2 Chinese Patent Application Amendment (please read the precautions on the reverse side and fill in this page) Amendment 1 on August 2, 1991 · A method of electronically negotiating a multi-party transaction consisting of several pieces for sale, this method includes: receiving a multi-party sale for sale, which includes a set of sale-for-sales items from several parties, including Each of the multi-party pieces for sale specifies a first price to be provided (replaced by a second price); · decides whether any sale items have expired; decides whether any sale items are invalid; and ' For one or more of the items for sale: contact the parties related to the items for sale; notify the parties of a transaction regarding the items for sale; and promise the parties to provide the first valuable substance. 2 · The method according to item 1 of the scope of patent application, in which the step of determining whether any of the items for sale has expired, includes: Printed by the Consumer Cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs to check each expiry date of the item for sale ; And decide whether the expiry date has expired. 3. The method according to item 2 of the scope of patent application, wherein the expiry date is included in the item for sale. 4 · The method according to item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the step of determining whether any of the items for sale is invalid includes checking a validity indicator related to each item for sale. This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (21〇X: 297mm) 511016 A8 B8 C8 D8 VI. Scope of patent application 5. The method according to item 4 of the scope of patent application, wherein the inspection step includes asking the parties related to each item for sale. (Please read the precautions on the back before filling this page) 6. According to the method in the scope of patent application No. 4, the validity indicator is included in the item for sale. 7 · The method according to item 1 of the scope of patent application, further comprising deciding whether each item for sale is available. 8 · The method according to item 7 of the scope of patent application, wherein the step of determining whether each sale item is available includes obtaining an availability indicator related to each sale item, wherein the availability indicator indicates the sale item The number of times the first price of a piece can be provided. 9 · The method according to item 8 of the scope of patent application, wherein the obtaining includes asking the parties related to each of the items for sale. 10 · The method according to item 8 of the patent application scope, wherein the availability indicator is included in the item for sale. · 1 1 · The method according to item 1 of the scope of patent application, where for each item for sale, the party is one of the following: the party who provided the first price (replaced by the second price); The consumer cooperative printed a body that was authorized to negotiate the part for sale for the party. 1 2. The method according to item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the party committing the commitment includes: providing the party with one or more conditions based on the first valuable substance to be provided to the item for sale; And instruct the party to transfer the first price tag of the item for sale to the recipient of the first price tag. This paper size applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210X297 mm) · 2-511016 V year h u amendment A8 B8 C8 D8 Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs 6. Scope of patent application 13. According to the method of item 1 of the scope of patent application, it further includes the implementation of the transmission of the first price for each item for sale. 14. The method according to item 13 of the patent application scope, wherein the initiating implementation includes instructing the party to transmit the first price tag. 15. The method according to item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the first price of the multi-party yak is the payment for the second price of the multi-party sale yak, and further includes a portion of the remittance to give one sale The relevant parties shall provide the second price of the multi-party pieces for sale in exchange for the part of the payment. 16 · —A method of electronically negotiating a multi-party transaction consisting of several items for sale, the method includes the steps of: receiving the first sale of the first party, and providing the first price in exchange for The second price tag, where the first sale item is combined with the second party's second sale item to provide a second price tag in exchange for a third price tag; contact the first party related to the first sale item Contact the second party related to the second sale item; start to implement the second price transmission from the second party to the first party; and start to implement the second party from the first party One-price price transfer. 17. The method according to item 16 of the scope of patent application, further comprising determining whether the first sale item or the second sale item has expired. 18 • The method according to item 16 of the scope of patent application further includes ruling whether the first sale item or the second sale item is still valid. (Please read the notes on the back before filling this page) The size of the paper is applicable to the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210X297 mm) -3- 511016 Printed by A8 B8 C8 D8 of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs The scope of patent application 19. The method according to item 16 of the scope of patent application, wherein the first price tag is a payment including the third price tag, the method further includes: receiving the payment; and remitting the third value to Second party. 20. The method according to claim 16 further comprising: receiving a selection of the first sale item related to a second price: and communicating the selection to the second party. 21. The method according to item 16 of the scope of patent application further includes confirming with the second party that a second price can be provided. 2 2 · The method according to item 16 of the scope of patent application, wherein the first party is further associated with one of the first price and the second price. 23 Method, where the first-party creates the first item for sale. 24. The method according to item 16 of the scope of patent application, wherein the first party is designated to exchange the second price for the first party who provided the first price tag to process the first sale item. Agreed. 2 5 · The method according to item 16 of the scope of patent application, wherein the first party is specified in the first item for sale. 26. A method of electronically negotiating a multi-party transaction consisting of several pieces of sale for sale, this method includes: receiving the sale of articles, each of which is a sale of the first price for the first Pieces for sale at divalent price; this paper size applies Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (21〇 &gt; &lt; 297mm) (Please read the precautions on the back before filling out this page) • Binding · Order 511016 A8 B8 C8 D8 I η V ·; :: I___ 童 ί A VI. Application for Patent Scope Start a multi-party transaction to agree on these pieces for sale; Confirm these sale items to make sure that each sale item can be traded (please read the precautions on the back before filling this page); authorize the sale items to notify the multi-party transaction sale related The party; assumes the first group of such items for sale to begin the transmission of the first price of the first group of items for sale; and if the first price of the items for sale is monetary If the price is the first price, the second group of money for the sale of these items with a money price is remitted. 27. The method according to item 26 of the scope of patent application, wherein the confirmation of the first sale item includes: determining whether the first sale item has expired; determining whether the first sale item is still valid; and Has the first price tag of a piece for sale been raised to the highest number of tags? Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs 28. According to the method of applying for the scope of patent application No. 26, wherein the authorization to the first sale item includes: contacting the first account associated with the first sale item The party; and receiving a consent form from the first party to provide the first price of the first item for sale. 29. The method according to item 26 of the scope of patent application, wherein the first sale item for which the promised product or service includes: contacting the first party associated with the first sale item; this paper Standards are applicable to Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specifications (210X297 mm) -5-511016 A8 B8 C8 D8 July &gt; g Supplementary patent application scope If the item for sale includes a choice of product or service, provide the Choose to be the first person; and (Please read the notes on the back before filling out this page) to notify the first person to ship the product or service. 30. The method according to item 26 of the scope of patent application, wherein the step of exporting the first sale item with a price of money as the first price includes: receiving the price of money; and passing a portion of the price of money to The party with this part that is related to the second sale item serves as the second price of the second sale item. 31 · —A computer can read the storage medium and store the instructions, so that when the instructions are executed by the computer, the computer completes an electronic method to negotiate a multi-party transaction composed of several aspects for sale, The method includes: receiving a first sale item from a first party, and providing a first price tag in exchange for a second price tag, wherein the first sale item is combined with a second sale item of the second party, Provide the second price card to exchange with the third price card; Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs print contact with the first party associated with the first sale item; contact with the second sale item An associated second party; begins to implement the transmission of the second price tag from the second party to the first party; and begins to implement the transmission of the first price tag from the first party. 3 2.—A device used to help negotiate a multi-party transaction that includes several pieces for sale. This device includes: a communication device installed to receive the first piece for sale, providing a first price and a second price. In exchange, the first piece for sale is -6 with the second party. The paper size is applicable to the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210X297 mm) 511016 A8 B8 C8 .D8 hole, patent scope &quot; 丨 year ρ 丨: 'k ~ I ；' The first sale item is settled, and the first to second price 提供 is provided to make a transaction with the third price ；; An authorization module is structured to notify the first sale item The first party and the second party associated with the second sale item have transaction matters; a commitment module structured to promise that the second party will provide the second price card; and a remittance module, It is structured to complete exporting the third price card to the first party. 33. The device according to item 32 of the scope of patent application, wherein the communication device is a computer system including the authorization module, the obligation module, and the remittance module. 34. The device according to item 32 of the scope of patent application, further comprising a confirmation module installed to confirm the first sale item and the second sale item. 35. The device according to item 32 of the scope of patent application, wherein the authorization module is further installed to determine whether the second party will provide the second price 値 36. The device according to item 35 of the scope of patent application, where the The commitment module instructs the second party to ship the second price tag. 37. The device according to item 32 of the scope of patent application, wherein the first price card includes a money payment for the second price card, and wherein the remittance module is installed to receive the money payment and transfer the third price card to the :;: Party. 3 8. The device according to item 32 of the scope of patent application, further comprising a grammatical parcel for sale of the first piece for sale. The paper size applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210X297). (Mm) q 隹 --Γ --------- (Please read the precautions on the back before filling out this page), 1T Printed by the Employee Consumer Cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs 511016 A8 B8 C8 D8 Patent Application Scope analyzer. F &gt; Added k! 39. The device for sale according to item 38 of the scope of patent application contains the second for sale, and the sale is installed to grab the second from the first for sale For sale 40. The device parser according to item 38 of the scope of patent application is also installed to contact the first party from the first for sale. Include one of a network address and a resource viewer. 42. The device according to item 38 of the scope of patent application is also installed to extract a selectable item from the first saleable item. 43. The item selected according to the device in the scope of patent application No. 42 is to communicate with the second party through the authorized module or one or more of the obligation modules. Of which the first piece of syntax. The parser is a piece of. , Where the item for sale takes information, come 4 1. According to the device of the scope of patent application for item 40, where the information package, where the item for sale, to the second, where the group can be selected, and remittance (Please read the notes on the back before filling out this page) Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs 8- This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210X297 mm)