System and method for facilitating transactions between two or more parties

A method for facilitating a transaction between two or more parties comprising the steps of:

• receiving one or more electronic documents and an identity validation at a server computer via a network from a client communications device of a first party to the transaction
• wherein (a) the client communications device comprises a computer, a workstation, a personal data assistant, an Internet-enabled phone or a wireless communications device, (b) one or more portions of the one or more electronic documents can be changed, chosen, modified or substituted as determined by the first party, (c) the remaining portions of the one or more electronic documents are locked against future changes, and (d) the identity validation of the first party indicates that the first party has agreed to the one or more electronic documents including the first party determined changes, choices, modifications or substitutions;
• receiving registration information at the server computer via the network from the client communications device of a second party to the transaction wherein the registration information comprises the identity validation of the second party;
• assigning the transaction to an account on the server computer that is accessible via the network;
• posting the received electronic documents to the account on the server computer such that the client communications device of the second party can access the posted electronic documents via the network;
• providing the second party with access to the received electronic documents;
• tracking one or more changes, choices, modifications, substitutions or combinations thereof to the one or more electronic documents made by the second party;
• and
• whenever an acceptance of any of the one or more electronic documents including any of the one or more changes, choices, modification, substitutions or combinations thereof is received by the server computer from the client communications device of the second party, attaching the identity validation from the first party and the second party to the accepted one or more electronic documents.

A non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with a computer program for facilitating a transaction between two or more parties comprising:

• a code segment for receiving one or more electronic documents and an identity validation at a server computer via a network from a client communications device of a first party to the transaction
• wherein (a) the client communications device comprises a computer, a workstation, a personal data assistant, an Internet-enabled phone or a wireless communications device, (b) all of the one or more electronic documents are locked against future changes, and (c) the identity validation of the first party indicates that the first party has agreed to the one or more electronic documents;
• a code segment for receiving registration information at the server computer via the network from the client communications device of a second party to the transaction wherein the registration information comprises the identity validation of the second party;
• a code segment for assigning the transaction to an account on the server computer that is accessible via the network;
• a code segment for posting the received electronic documents to the account on the server computer such that the client communications device of the second party can access the posted electronic documents via the network;
• a code segment for providing the second party with access to the received electronic documents;
• and
• a code segment for whenever an acceptance of any of the one or more electronic documents is received by the server computer from the client communications device of the second party, attaching the identity validation from the first party and the second party to the accepted one or more electronic documents.

A non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with a computer program for facilitating a transaction between two or more parties comprising:

• a code segment for receiving one or more electronic documents and an identity validation at a server computer via a network from a client communications device of a first party to the transaction
• wherein (a) the client communications device comprises a computer, a workstation, a personal data assistant, an Internet-enabled phone or a wireless communications device, (b) one or more portions of the one or more electronic documents can be changed, chosen, modified or substituted as determined by the first party, (c) the remaining portions of the one or more electronic documents are locked against future changes, and (d) the identity validation of the first party indicates that the first party has agreed to the one or more electronic documents including the first party determined changes, modifications or substitutions;
• a code segment for receiving registration information at the server computer via the network from the client communications device of a second party to the transaction wherein the registration information comprises the identity validation of the second party;
• a code segment for assigning the transaction to an account on the server computer that is accessible via the network;
• and
• a code segment for posting the received electronic documents to the account on the server computer such that the client communications device of the second party can access the posted electronic documents via the network;
• a code segment for providing the second party with access to the received electronic documents;
• a code segment for tracking one or more changes, choices, modifications, substitutions or combinations thereof to the one or more electronic documents made by the second party;
• and
• a code segment for whenever an acceptance of any of the one or more electronic documents including any of the one or more changes, choices, modification, substitutions or combinations thereof is received by the server computer from the client communications device of the second party, attaching the identity validation from the first party and the second party to the accepted one or more electronic documents.

A system for facilitating a transaction between two or more parties comprising:

• a network interface;
• one or more data storage devices;
• one or more processors communicably coupled to the network interface and the data storage devices;
• and
• a non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with a computer program communicably coupled to the processors to
• (a) receive one or more electronic documents and an identity validation via the network interface from a client communications device of a first party to the transaction
• wherein (i) the client communications device comprises a computer, a workstation, a personal data assistant, an Internet-enabled phone or a wireless communications device, (ii) all of the one or more electronic documents are locked against future changes, and (iii) the identity validation of the first party indicates that the first party has agreed to the one or more electronic documents,
• (b) receive registration information at the server computer via the network from the client communications device of a second party to the transaction wherein the registration information comprises the identity validation of the second party,
• (c) assign the transaction to an account on the server computer that is accessible via the network,
• (d) post the received electronic documents to the account on the server computer such that the client communications device of the second party can access the posted electronic documents via the network;
• (e) provide the second party with access to the received electronic documents, and
• (f) whenever an acceptance of any of the one or more electronic documents is received by the server computer from the client communications device of the second party, attaching the identity validation from the first party and the second party to the accepted one or more electronic documents.

A system for facilitating a transaction between two or more parties comprising:

• a network interface;
• one or more data storage devices;
• one or more processors communicably coupled to the network interface and the data storage devices;
• and
• a non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with a computer program communicably coupled to the processors to
• (a) receive one or more electronic documents and an identity validation via the network interface from a client communications device of a first party to the transaction
• wherein (i) the client communications device comprises a computer, a workstation, a personal data assistant, an Internet-enabled phone or a wireless communications device, (ii) one or more portions of the one or more electronic documents can be changed, chosen, modified or substituted as determined by the first party, (iii) the remaining portions of the one or more electronic documents are locked against future changes, and (iv) the identity validation of the first party indicates that the first party has agreed to the one or more electronic documents including the first party determined changes, modifications or substitutions,
• (b) receive registration information at the server computer via the network from the client communications device of a second party to the transaction wherein the registration information comprises the identity validation of the second party,
• (c) assign the transaction to an account on the server computer that is accessible via the network,
• (d) posting the received electronic documents to the account on the server computer such that the client communications device of the second party can retrieve the posted electronic documents via the network;
• (e) provide the second party with access to the received electronic documents,
• (f) track one or more changes, choices, modifications, substitutions or combinations thereof to the one or more electronic documents made by the second party, and
• (g) whenever an acceptance of any of the one or more electronic documents is received by the server computer from the client communications device of the second party, attaching the identity validation from the first party and the second party to the accepted one or more electronic documents.