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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 17, 1998
Yu-Li Chou, White Plains, NY (US);
Amit Garg, White Plains, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for accommodating electronic commerce in a semiconductor manufacturing capacity market. The method comprises the steps of identifying a plurality of players in the semiconductor manufacturing capacity market, each of which players can solicit capacity in semiconductor manufacturing capacity market; providing a neutral third-party, the neutral third party and the plurality of players configured in a hub arrangement for communicating with each of the plurality of players in semiconductor manufacturing capacity trades; and realizing an open market conditionality between each of the plurality of players and the neutral third party so that the semiconductor manufacturing capacity supplied by one or more of the players can be bought and sold among the players; and, the neutral third party can preserve anonymity of each of the plurality of players soliciting semiconductor manufacturing capacity.