| US 7,587,328 B2 | ||
| Transaction adjusting device | ||
| Hiroshi Kawahara, Tokyo (Japan); Takuya Sato, Kanagawa (Japan); Daisuke Kobayashi, Osaka (Japan); Jingo Takemura, Osaka (Japan); Yuji Yamamoto, Osaka (Japan); and Norio Iwai, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to LNG JAPAN Corporation, Minato-ku, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/70,358 PCT Filed May 11, 2001, PCT No. PCT/JP01/03966 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Mar. 05, 2002, PCT Pub. No. WO02/05156, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 17, 2002. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 2000-210706 (JP), filed on Jul. 06, 2000. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2002/0138293 A1, Sep. 26, 2002 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 9/46 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 705—8 | 21 Claims |
| 1. A transaction coordinating device for coordinating an insertion of a spot transaction based on a temporary contract being
made without respect to a fixed transaction based on a contract of predetermined term, said spot transaction comprising a
transaction based on a one-time sales contract or based on an intermittent supply contract which is completed in a few times,
said fixed transaction comprising a long-term stable offtake contract of predetermined term in which transportation schedules
can be confirmed at least about a year before, said transaction coordinating device comprising:
means for arranging an insertion of a cargo transportation relating to said spot transaction into a predetermined schedule
of a cargo transportation relating to said fixed transaction of predetermined term, said insertion being arranged by adjusting
the predetermined schedule of said cargo transportation relating to said fixed transaction of predetermined term; and
means for delivering sales data of the spot transaction to participants in the spot transaction and to the insertion arrangement
means and delivering transportation adjusting data from the insertion arrangement means to the participants in the spot transaction,
wherein:
said insertion arrangement means arranges an adjustment of cargo transportations in a first transportation schedule by an
insertion of a cargo transportation of said spot transaction without changing said first transportation schedule,
said first transportation schedule comprising shipping dates, unload dates, minimum days of navigation, and scheduled days
of navigation for one or more freighters,
said adjustment of cargo transportations comprising a first freighter in said first transportation schedule being allocated
as an additional freighter and a remainder of freighters in said first transportation schedule being shifted sequentially
to be allocated to an original scheduled transportation of said first transportation schedule,
said insertion arrangement means arranges an insertion of a cargo transportation of said spot transaction by changing said
first transportation schedule only in an event that the cargo transportation adjustment is impossible,
said changing of said first transportation schedule comprising changing one or more of a date when a freighter ships, a date
when a freighter unloads, and a number of days a freighter is under navigation,
said insertion arrangement means arranges an insertion of cargo transportation of said spot transaction by changing a second
transportation schedule within a certain range only in an event that the first transportation schedule changing is impossible,
said changing of second transportation schedule comprising one or more of moving a freighter from said second transportation
schedule into said first transportation schedule and moving a freighter from said first transportation schedule into said
second transportation schedule, and
said insertion arrangement means arranges an insertion of cargo transportation of said spot transaction by changing another
transportation schedule within a range to which said certain range is expanded only in an event that the second transportation
schedule changing is impossible, an adjustment or change being impossible if said adjustment or change would result in a failure
to comply with terms of a fixed transaction.
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