A Framework for the Next Generation of E-Commerce by Peer-to-Peer Contact: Virtual Private Community

  • Authors:
  • Tadashige Iwao;Yuji Wada;Shigeichiro Yamasaki;Masatoshi Shiouchi;Makoto Okada;Makoto Amamiya

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-;-;-;-

  • Venue:
  • WETICE '01 Proceedings of the 10th IEEE International Workshops on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

This paper proposes a new framework called Virtual Private Community (VPC) for the next generation e-commerce, in which users buy and sell products by peer-to-peer contact. VPC enables e-commerce to be carried out by employing simple definitions called policy packages. VPC offers an extended e-commerce transactions that enable flexible e-commerce services by transferring policy packages together with copyright protection information on users' products. VPC provides a new method in which users can start their businesses by using the simple definitions.