A SPECIFICATION HANDLING SYSTEM

摘要

A deal management system is described. The system comprises: a database storing a plurality of sell specifications from a set of first users and a plurality of buy specifications from a plurality of second users, each of the sell specifications comprising a locked portion of data and a non-locked portion of data; a matching module for matching a search specification with one or more of the sell specifications. The matching module comprises: a search engine for searching the non-locked portions of the plurality of sell specifications; and a networking module for sending an unlock request to a first user associated with a sell specification matched to the search specification and providing the locked portion of information of a matched sell specification to a second user associated with the matched searching specification in response to receiving an unlock permission from the first user. The deal management system further comprises a flow management module for managing a plurality of tasks associated with a specification acceptance process, the flow management module being responsive to a positive selection of a matched specification by a first user and a second user and to provide a graphical user interface (GUI) for managing the plurality of tasks until such time as the first and second users have accepted each other's buy and sell specifications and a deal regarding those specifications has been completed.