Intermediating method for a facilitative commerce between buyer and seller by computer system

摘要

An apparatus and method for facilitating commerce between a registered buyer and a seller uses a mediating computer situated between a buyer terminal and a seller terminal. The mediating computer includes a database of registered buyers and acts as a server for processing transactions via a network. A document file is received via the network from the seller terminal at the mediating computer where the document file is reconstructed. The document file is prepared by the seller and contains a transaction proposal for the registered buyer. The reconstructed document file includes product data and is transmitted from the mediating computer to the buyer terminal. Buyer reply data is received via the network from the buyer terminal at the mediating computer and is reconstructed therein into a buyer reply list file including the buyer reply data.