[Claim 1] A mediation apparatus comprising:
a storage unit to store desired purchase information including information about a desired purchase product which a buyer desires to purchase, supplier company information indicating information about a company of a supplier, and supplier product information including information about a supply product which a supplier supplies; and
a matching unit to select a supplier as a selected supplier from the supplier company information based on the desired purchase information, to determine a degree to which specifications of a supply product which the selected supplier supplies match specifications of the desired purchase product, to analyze a difference between the specifications of the supply product which the selected supplier supplies and the specifications of the desired purchase product in a case where the degree is smaller than a threshold value, and to determine, based on a result of analysis, whether to extract information about the supply product of the selected supplier from the supplier product information.
[Claim 2] A mediation apparatus comprising:
a storage unit to store desired purchase information including information about a desired purchase product which a buyer desires to purchase, transaction information indicating information about a product with respect to which a transaction was performed between a buyer and a supplier, and supplier product information including information about a supply product which a supplier supplies; and
a trend analysis unit to extract a trend product which tends to be traded,

based on the desired purchase information and the transaction information, to, in a case where there is a difference between specifications of the trend product and specifications of the supply product based on the trend product and the supplier product information, analyze the difference, and to communicate, to the supplier, a trend notification concerning the trend product based on a result of analysis.
[Claim 3] The mediation apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,
wherein the storage unit further stores buyer evaluation information including buyer evaluation data obtained by evaluating a buyer, and
wherein the mediation apparatus further comprises a transaction unit to acquire a desired purchase extraction request for extracting information about a desired purchase product from the desired purchase information, based on a supply condition indicating a condition of a supply product which a supplier supplies and a buyer evaluation condition indicating a condition of the buyer evaluation data which the supplier desires to a buyer who is a supply destination to which the supply product is supplied, and to extract information about a desired purchase product from the desired purchase information based on the supply condition, the buyer evaluation condition, the desired purchase information, and the buyer evaluation information.
[Claim 4] The mediation apparatus according to claim 3,
wherein the storage unit further stores supplier evaluation information including supplier evaluation data obtained by evaluating a supplier, and
wherein the transaction unit acquires a supply product extraction request for extracting information about a supply product from the supplier product information, based on a purchase condition indicating a condition of the desired purchase product

and a supplier evaluation condition indicating a condition of the supplier evaluation data which the buyer desires to a supplier who supplies the desired purchase product, and extracts information about a supply product from the supplier product information based on the purchase condition, the supplier evaluation condition, the supplier product information, and the supplier evaluation information.
[Claim 5] The mediation apparatus according to claim 4,
wherein the buyer evaluation information includes the buyer evaluation data with respect to each of a requested quality, requested price, and requested delivery time which a buyer requested about a purchase product which the buyer previously purchased, and
wherein the supplier evaluation information includes the supplier evaluation data with respect to each of a supplied quality, supplied price, and supplied delivery time of a supplied product which a supplier previously supplied.
[Claim 6] The mediation apparatus according to claim 5, wherein, when acquiring the desired purchase extraction request, the transaction unit extracts, from the desired purchase information, information about a desired purchase product which satisfies the supply condition and which a buyer whose buyer evaluation data satisfies the buyer evaluation condition desires to purchase.
[Claim 7] The mediation apparatus according to claim 6, wherein, when acquiring the supply product extraction request, the transaction unit extracts, from the supplier product information, information about a supply product which satisfies the purchase condition and which a supplier whose supplier evaluation data satisfies the supplier

evaluation condition supplies.
[Claim 8] The mediation apparatus according to claim 7,
wherein the storage unit stores buyer company information indicating information about a company of a buyer and supplier company information indicating information about a company of a supplier, and
wherein the transaction unit extracts information about a desired purchase product from the desired purchase information based on the buyer company information, and extracts information about a supply product from the supplier product information based on the supplier company information.
[Claim 9] The mediation apparatus according to any one of claims 3 to 8,
wherein the supplier product information includes a transportation condition
of a supply product which a supplier supplies,
wherein the storage unit further stores logistics information in which a
logistics identifier for identifying a logistics provider and a transportation condition
under which the logistics provider performs transportation are associated with each
other, and
wherein the mediation apparatus further comprises a logistics engine unit to
select a logistics provider which satisfies a transportation condition of a desired
purchase product extracted by the transaction unit, based on the supplier product
information and the logistics information.
[Claim 10] The mediation apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the logistics engine unit calculates a transportation cost and a required transportation time required when

the selected logistics provider transports a desired purchase product extracted by the transaction unit from a shipping source to a shipping destination.
[Claim 11] The mediation apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the storage unit stores, in the logistics information, a logistics identifier for identifying the selected logistics provider, the shipping source, the shipping destination, the transportation cost, and the required transportation time in association with each other.
[Claim 12] The mediation apparatus according to claim 9 or 10,
wherein the storage unit stores transaction data indicating information about a transaction product for which a transaction has been finalized between a buyer and a supplier, and
wherein the logistics engine unit extracts, from the transaction data, a transaction product which is able to be packed together with an order product which a buyer has ordered, based on the transaction data and the logistics information.
[Claim 13] The mediation apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the logistics engine unit calculates a transportation cost and a required transportation time required when the order product and the transaction product are transported in a state of being packed together.
[Claim 14] A mediation method of a mediation apparatus that mediates a transaction between a buyer and a supplier,
wherein the mediation apparatus comprises a storage unit to store desired purchase information including information about a desired purchase product which a

buyer desires to purchase, supplier company information indicating information about a company of a supplier, and supplier product information including information about a supply product which a supplier supplies,
the mediation method comprising, by a matching unit: selecting a supplier as a selected supplier from the supplier company information based on the desired purchase information; determining a degree to which specifications of a supply product which the selected supplier supplies match specifications of the desired purchase product; analyzing a difference between the specifications of the supply product which the selected supplier supplies and the specifications of the desired purchase product in a case where the degree is smaller than a threshold value; and determining, based on a result of analysis, whether to extract information about the supply product of the selected supplier from the supplier product information.
[Claim 15] A mediation method of a mediation apparatus that mediates a transaction between a buyer and a supplier,
wherein the mediation apparatus comprises a storage unit to store desired purchase information including information about a desired purchase product which a buyer desires to purchase, transaction information indicating information about a product with respect to which a transaction was performed between a buyer and a supplier, and supplier product information including information about a supply product which a supplier supplies,
the mediation method comprising, by a trend analysis unit: extracting a trend product which tends to be traded, based on the desired purchase information and the transaction information; in a case where there is a difference between specifications of the trend product and specifications of the supply product based on the trend product

and the supplier product information, analyzing the difference; and communicating, to the supplier, a trend notification concerning the trend product based on a result of analysis.
[Claim 16] A mediation program of a mediation apparatus that mediates a transaction between a buyer and a supplier,
wherein the mediation apparatus comprises a storage unit to store desired purchase information including information about a desired purchase product which a buyer desires to purchase, supplier company information indicating information about a company of a supplier, and supplier product information including information about a supply product which a supplier supplies,
the mediation method causing the mediation apparatus serving as a computer to perform matching processing of: selecting a supplier as a selected supplier from the supplier company information based on the desired purchase information; determining a degree to which specifications of a supply product which the selected supplier supplies match specifications of the desired purchase product; analyzing a difference between the specifications of the supply product which the selected supplier supplies and the specifications of the desired purchase product in a case where the degree is smaller than a threshold value; and determining, based on a result of analysis, whether to extract information about the supply product of the selected supplier from the supplier product information.
[Claim 17] A mediation program of a mediation apparatus that mediates a transaction between a buyer and a supplier,
wherein the mediation apparatus comprises a storage unit to store desired

purchase information including information about a desired purchase product which a buyer desires to purchase, transaction information indicating information about a product with respect to which a transaction was performed between a buyer and a supplier, and supplier product information including information about a supply product which a supplier supplies,
the mediation program causing the mediation apparatus serving as a computer to perform trend notification processing of: extracting a trend product which tends to be traded, based on the desired purchase information and the transaction information; in a case where there is a difference between specifications of the trend product and specifications of the supply product based on the trend product and the supplier product information, analyzing the difference; and communicating, to the supplier, a trend notification concerning the trend product based on a result of analysis.