Multi-party negotiations with multiple attributes
OwnerAseem Agrawal, Vipul Bansal +1inventors
InventorsAseem Agrawal, Vipul Bansal, Varun Sagar Malhotra
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Abstract
This invention relates to a method, system and computer program product for enabling negotiations for resolution of e-commerce transactions involving direct interactions between an offering party (seller or buyer) and a counterparty (buyer or seller). The invention includes generating a public offer containing values of a defined set of attributes by a party to the target population of the counterparties and sending private acknowledgements of acceptance or responses containing counter offers for at least one of the offers to at least one party.
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A method for enabling negotiations for resolution of e-commerce transactions involving direct interactions between an offering party (seller or buyer) and a counterparty (buyer or seller), comprising the steps of:
- generating public offer containing values of a defined set of attributes by the offering party to the target population of the counterparties,
- sending private acknowledgements of acceptance or responses containing counter offers for the offer to the offering party, by a counterparty wherever desired, and
- accepting a counter offer and/or generating a revised public offer wherever necessary by the offering party or the counterparty.
A system for enabling negotiations for resolution of e-commerce transactions involving direct interactions between an offering party (seller or buyer) and a counterparty (buyer or seller), comprising:
- offer generating means for generating a public offer containing values of a defined set of attributes by the offering party to the target population of the counterparties,
- offer accepting means for sending private acknowledgements of acceptance or responses containing counter offers for the offer to the offering party, by a counterparty wherever desired, and
- counter offer generating means for accepting a counter offer and/or generating a revised public offer wherever necessary by the offering party or the counterparty.
A computer program product comprising computer readable program code stored on computer readable storage medium embodied therein for enabling negotiations for resolution of e-commerce transactions involving direct interactions between a party (seller or buyer) and a counterparty (buyer or seller), comprising:
- computer readable program code means configured for generating a public offer containing values of a defined set of attributes by the offering party to the target population of the counterparties,
- computer readable program code means configured for sending private acknowledgements of acceptance or responses containing counter offers for the offer to the offering party, by a counterparty wherever desired, and
- computer readable program code means configured for accepting counter offer and/or generating a revised public offer wherever necessary by the offering party or the counterparty.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.