| 摘要 |
An apparatus for brokering between buyer nodes and seller nodes in a communication system, wherein the apparatus comprises a buyer node interface configured for receiving buyer requests from respective ones of the buyer nodes, each buyer request requesting buying a respectively specified product, a seller node interface configured for receiving seller offers from respective ones of the seller nodes, each seller offer offering sale of a respectively specified group of products, a buyer group formation unit configured for forming buyer groups, each formed by combining a plurality of the buyer requests meeting at least one common similarity criterion in terms of the products specified by the buyer requests of a respective buyer group, and a broker unit adapted for, upon determining a match between the products requested by the buyer requests of a buyer group and a group of products specified by a respective one of the seller offers, brokering a sale of the respective group of products from the seller node to the buyer nodes corresponding to the plurality of buyer requests of the respective buyer group via the communication network. |
| 主权项 |
1. An apparatus for brokering between buyer nodes and seller nodes in a communication system, the apparatus comprising:
a buyer node interface configured for receiving buyer requests from respective ones of the buyer nodes, each buyer request requesting buying a respectively specified product; a seller node interface configured for receiving seller offers from respective ones of the seller nodes, each seller offer offering sale of a respectively specified group of products; a buyer group formation unit configured for forming buyer groups, each formed by combining a plurality of the buyer requests meeting at least one common similarity criterion in terms of the products specified by the buyer requests of a respective buyer group; a broker unit adapted for, upon determining a match between the products requested by the buyer requests of a buyer group and a group of products specified by a respective one of the seller offers, brokering a sale of the respective group of products from the seller node to the buyer nodes corresponding to the plurality of buyer requests of the respective buyer group via the communication network. |
