| 摘要 |
<p>A World Wide Web/Internet based 'Interactive' market system and methodology (10) designed to bring together the demand and supply of products/services. The technology enables buyers (12a, ..., 12n) to communicate the price they are willing to pay for a product (19) and the quantity they require as well as allowing suppliers to identify the price they would like to sell product for and the quantity they have available. The buyer's demand is fulfilled, in a queuing order, until either all demand is met or until supply runs out. Matches (24) are first completed using the supplier with the lowest price. If there is remaining demand, the system matches supply and demand with the next lowest price. The Interactive Market technology facilitates 'many-to-many' relationships with the result that all buyers benefit from the lowest possible price available at their place in the queue.</p> |
