摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To decrease the number of applications needed for electronic commerce and speedily and flexibly cope with alterations of commerce procedures by distributing a selected electronic commerce procedure at a time through a communication network. SOLUTION: An electronic commerce client 12 inputs information needed to select an electronic commerce procedure through an input device 122 and transmits it to an electronic commerce server 11 through the communication network 15. The electronic commerce server 11 retrieves the electronic commerce procedure from a storage device 114 according to the received electronic commerce procedure select information. The electronic commerce server 11 transmits transaction procedures that participants (electronic commerce clients 12, 13, and 14) included in the retrieved electronic commerce procedure should follow to the participants through the communication network 15. The electronic commerce clients 12, 13, and 14 analyze the received electronic commerce procedures by analysis parts and follow the analyzed procedures by using process libraries and communication libraries. |