TECHNIQUES FOR DEVELOPING LOCALIZED MARKETS THROUGH BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS OVER A DATA COMMUNICATION NETWORK

摘要

Methods and systems for developing localized markets using business transactions conducted over a data network having a plurality of servers features creating a data connection with one of the plurality of servers from a client terminal. A search query is transmitted to the one of the plurality of servers. The search query requests product information to be transmitted between the server and the client identifying products satisfying a criterion of the search query. Determined is whether the one of the plurality of servers includes the information. An identity of a second server from the remaining servers of the plurality of servers that includes the product information by examining a UDDI repository table located on the one of the plurality of servers, in response to determining the product information is absent from the one of the plurality of servers. A message is sent to the client terminal with results from the product information.