Apparatus, system and method for managing transaction profiles representing different levels of market party commitment

摘要

A transaction server (112) receives a plurality of transaction profiles from a plurality of market parties (102). The transaction profiles include limitation defining a suggested transaction and indicating the level of intended commitment by the submitting market party (102). The transaction server (112) identifies transaction profiles having overlapping limitations. In an exemplary embodiment, market parties (102) having different levels of commitment are identified and the market parties are notified of other transaction profiles having similar interests allowing market parties with different levels of commitment to observe the electronic market.