2. Providers and Intended Users
• Service provided on Cloud
IaaS Platform
• Intended Audiences
o Farmers - Sellers of Products
o Supermarkets - Buyers of
Products
o Logistics Companies - Bid for
transport contracts

3. Pricing factors:
• Subscription-based
• Free 3-month trial
• Discounts handed out if a successful recommendation was
made

4. Legal factors
• Patents
o Ensure no patents exist for this auction system
o Licences and royalties to be finalised
• Liability
o CloudBarn does not handle or own goods
o Non-liability for losses
o Mitigate potential losses using the system
• Copyright and Trade Name
o Name and logo are currently unused
o Gain permission to utilise base services

5. Constraints
• Reliability of remote Internet connections
o Mitigated by expanding satellite coverage
o Future provisions by NBN rollout
• Limited to participating companies
• Intended users are Australian companies (local
market)

7. Services Communication
• WSDL registry file (XML doc -
service description/endpoint)
• External SOAP methods via
HTTPS encrypted protocol
• SOAP/SMTP for email
• Google Maps and PayPal via
SOAP API calls.
• Internal browsing via REST
methods with HTTPS as the
preferred network protocol.

8. Seller(s) - Create Auction Request

9. Buyer(s) - Search by Category

10. Buyer(s) - Place a Bid screen

11. Buyer(s) - Account Settings

12. Logistics - Delivery Auction Listing

13. Buyer(s) - Track Order screen

14. Thank you. Any questions?

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