| 摘要 |
A method for mercantile negotiation participation is disclosed that is especially useful in mercantile contracting forums, such as in electronic commerce where dynamic valuation capabilities are economically advantageous. The method is particularly valuable for transacting and trading in fungible and quasi-fungible commodities, including goods, services, and information, and related products. Alternately stated, the method allows non-fungible commodities to be traded on the same basis as heretofore known fungible commodities. The method relates to the steps of defining a commodity as a plurality of attributes, assigning a respective mercantile evaluation function to at least two of the attributes, setting at least one temporal limit to at least one of the attributes, forming a mercantile transaction authorization including the respective mercantile evaluation functions and the at least one temporal limit, and submitting the convoluted authorization to a mercantile contracting forum. |
