Patent ID: 8412535

Claim:
A system for negotiation support, comprising: a first computer, comprising a first negotiation agent module receiving a plurality of first proposals, calculating a first preference score (PS) for each first proposal using a first utility model, selecting a portion of the first proposals as a plurality of second proposals in descending order according to the first PSs therewith, receiving a plurality of third proposals, calculating a second PS for each third proposal using the first utility model, and arranging the third proposals in descending order according to second PSs therewith to generate a first voting result; a second computer, comprising a second negotiation agent module receiving the first proposals, calculating a third preference score (PS) for each first proposal using a second utility model, selecting a portion of the first proposals as a plurality of fourth proposals in descending order according to the third PSs therewith, receiving the third proposals, calculating a fourth PS for each third proposal using the second utility model, and arranging the third proposals in descending order according to the fourth PSs therewith to generate a second voting result; and a negotiation server, comprising a negotiation management module receiving the second proposals from the first negotiation module and the fourth proposals from the second negotiation module, generating the third proposals according to the second proposals and the fourth proposals, receiving the first voting result from the first negotiation module and the second voting result from the second negotiation module, and generating a final agreement according to the first voting result and the second result.