Catalog building method and system
First Claim
1. A method of producing a catalog, comprising:
- inputting catalog data fields;
ordering the catalog data fields in a hierarchy;
linking the catalog data fields to database fields;
reading data from the database fields into the catalog data fields;
building a catalog from the data in the catalog data fields.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are described which produce a catalog from a previously existing database. The method defines catalog data fields and links same to the data fields of the database. In one embodiment, the method scans the database for its dat fields and automatically uses same as the catalog data fields. This improves the efficiency of catalog production because a publisher need not be trained as to what data is in the database. The method further automatically formats the data from the data base into a catalog. In another embodiment, the method automatically produces a table of contents and an index. The present method can produce the catalog in multiple formats, including electronic, portable document format, rich text format, and printed.
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31 Claims
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1. A method of producing a catalog, comprising:
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inputting catalog data fields;
ordering the catalog data fields in a hierarchy;
linking the catalog data fields to database fields;
reading data from the database fields into the catalog data fields;
building a catalog from the data in the catalog data fields. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31)
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28. A method for producing a catalog, comprising:
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prompting a user to input company information for the catalog;
inputting catalog data fields;
ordering the catalog data fields in a hierarchy for the catalog;
inputting the location of a database, the database having defined database fields;
linking the catalog data fields to database fields;
importing data from the database fields into the catalog data fields;
building a catalog from the data in the catalog data fields.
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