| 摘要 |
A system for facilitation automated transactions is disclosed. The system consists of a relay station operatively coupled to a plurality of remote stations via a communications network. The remote stations include vendor stations and customer stations. Each of t he remote stations includes a computer system adapted to generate and receive electronic transaction documents having item identification codes. The item identification codes may be uniqu e to each remote station, such that the same items have different identification codes depending on the remote station. Each of the remote stations are adapted to transmit and receive the electronic transaction documents to and from the relay station via the communications network. The relay station has a database containing the item identification codes used by the remote station s and a translation program cooperating with the database to automatically translate the product identification codes of different remote stations. The relay station is further adapted to translate and relay electronic transaction documents between remote stations. The translation program preferably translates the electronic transaction documents of different remote stations by replaci ng the product identification code used by the remote station transmitting the electronic transaction document with the product identification code used by the remote station intended to receive the electronic transaction document. Each of the remote stations may have an accounting program adapted to generate and receive the electronic transaction documents. Preferably, each of the accounting programs includes a database of accounting records for that remote station a nd the accounting program is adapted to automatically update the accounting records upon recei pt and transmission of an electronic transaction document. 15
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