Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or... – Electronic shopping
Patent
1996-05-30
2000-02-15
MacDonald, Allen R.
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
Electronic shopping
705 27, 705 39, 705 40, G06F 1521, H04L 930
Patent
active
060263741
ABSTRACT:
A system and method using of a trusted third party to provide a description of an information product to potential buyers without disclosing the entire contents of the information products, which might compromise the interests of the seller. The buyer trusts the third party to give an accurate description of the information that is for sale, while the seller trusts the third party not to reveal an excessive amount of the information product's content. The system can include a seller of information products, a buyer of such products, and a trusted third party summarizer, each operating as a node in a communications network, such as the internet.
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International Business Machines - Corporation
MacDonald Allen R.
Myhre James W.
Shofi, Esq. David M.
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