INVESTING METHOD USING PURCHASE AND SALE ON COMMUNICATION NETWORK AND INVESTMENT OPERATION SYSTEM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable new investment using a virtual market such as an auction at relatively low risk.;SOLUTION: An operating company 6 selects an article to be put at auction and creates a WWW page for inviting investors in the article with a managing server 10. An investor 2 accesses the managing server 10 by using a terminal 3 to confirm investment conditions, etc., and then apply for investment. The operating company 6 buys the article from an article provider 7 with the fund from investors 2 and puts the article at auction in the WWW page. A bidder 4 accesses the managing server 10 by using a terminal 5 to confirm the highest bid amount, etc., and bid for the article. A successful bidder is determined a specific bid period later and the operating company 6 returns the profit based upon the difference between the amount that the successful bidder pays and the article buying amount to the individual investors 2.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2001,JPO