| 摘要 |
A system for facilitating, selecting, ordering, and purchasing of products includes a purchase-facilitating, software-implemented computer system located near a buyer, a trade-facilitating hub, and one or more vendors. Using the purchase-facilitating program, the buyer enters business and trade information and also enters information regarding the various products (available from vendors) that the buyer desires to purchase (200). After buyer-information and product-selection information have been entered in the purchase-facilitating program, that information is combined into a composite document which is sent (preferably via facsimile or internet) (228) to the trade-facilitating hub. At the hub, the composite document is converted into multiple documents which are sent to each corresponding vendor. The hub then forwards responses from the vendors to the buyer. If the buyer, hub, and vendors use different languages, then the preferred system translates all correspondence into the appropriate language for the receiving party prior to sending.
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