Hitachi, Ltd.

Masakatsu Mori

Masayuki Yamamoto

Naoto Matsunami

Yasunori Kaneda

Yukio Ogawa

Yutaka Kudo

Tomoki Sekiguchi

Kenji Arai

Makoto Kayashima

Masahiro Takeshima

Nariyasu Hamada

Masahiro Ogura

A computer system including a management computer for managing the entire system, an integral apparatus, and a high-level connecting device for connecting the management computer and the integral apparatus is designed so that the management computer retains integral apparatus internal configuration information, configuration information about an integral apparatus to be introduced, that indicates the configuration of the integral apparatus that may possibly be introduced to the system, and lifetime information indicating lifetime of the integral apparatus; obtains connectivity guarantee information indicating whether connectivity between the computer and the storage apparatus is guaranteed or not; selects an integral apparatus to be removed from the system by referring to the lifetime information; selects an integral apparatus to be introduced to the system by referring to the integral apparatus internal configuration information, the configuration information about the integral apparatus to be introduced, and the connectivity guarantee information.

Computer system and its renewal method

An automatic auction method which makes it unnecessary for bidders to stay before auction terminals at the time of auction and which makes possible auction transactions on an open network on which it is difficult to assure the on-line and real time properties. A plurality of auction ordering information pieces each containing a desired price, number of purchase, and a highest possible price in competition for the desired price and received from bidder terminals via on-line circuits are collected. Until an auction issue appears, the price is lowered. If there is at least one auction issue and a desired quantity which is the sum total of the numbers of purchase of the auction issues is not satisfied, then it is determined whether there is an auction issue coinciding in price by comparing the set price with (the desired price+the highest possible price in competition). Until the desired quantity is satisfied, the price is raised.

Automatic auction method and system on server-client system

In automatic auction method which makes it unnecessary for bidders to stay before auction terminals at the time of auction and which makes possible auction transactions on an open network on which it is difficult to assure the on-line and real time properties, a plurality of auction ordering information pieces each containing a desired price, number of purchase, and a highest possible price in competition for the desired price and received from bidder terminals via on-line circuits are collected. Until an auction issue appears, the price is lowered. If there is at least one auction issue and a desired quantity which is the sum total of the numbers of purchase of the auction issues is not satisfied, then it is determined whether there is an auction issue coinciding in price by comparing the set price with (the desired price+the highest possible price in competition). Until the desired quantity is satisfied, the price is raised.

A server system has stored therein a plurality of electronic transaction procedures corresponding to elements or combinations thereof including means of payment settlement of a purchased commodity, amount of deal, contents of the purchased commodity, financial institutions for making the settlement and so on. The server system selects one of the electronic transaction procedures corresponding to elements or a combination thereof, including means of payment settlement of a commodity to be purchased when a purchase-side client system requests a seller to sell the commodity. The electronic transaction procedure is distributed to the offer-side client, the purchase-side client and the settlement-side client through a communication network. Each of the offer-side client, the purchase-side client and the settlement-side client executes electronic transaction processes according to the distributed electronic transaction procedure. Either all of the selected electronic transaction procedure is distributed from the server system to the client systems at a time or parts of the electronic transaction procedure are successively distributed to the client systems from the server system.

Electronic transaction method and system

Automatic auction method

A server system has stored therein a plurality of electronic transaction procedures corresponding to elements or combinations thereof including unit of payment settlement of a purchased commodity, amount of deal, contents of the purchased commodity, financial institutions for making the settlement and so on. The server system selects one of the electronic transaction procedures corresponding to elements or a combination thereof, including unit of payment settlement of a commodity to be purchased when a purchase-side client system requests a seller to sell the commodity. The electronic transaction procedure is distributed to the offer-side client, the purchase-side client and the settlement-side client through a communication network. Each of the offer-side client, the purchase-side client and the settlement-side client executes electronic transaction processes according to the distributed electronic transaction procedure. Either all of the selected electronic transaction procedure is distributed from the server system to the client systems at a time or parts of the electronic transaction procedure are successively distributed to the client systems from the server system.

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Inagi, Japan

Masakatsu Mori