Method and system for distributing product information
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1. A method of providing product information comprising:
- associating a first code with a first characteristic of a product and a second code with a second characteristic of the same product, storing a first characteristic value associated with the first characteristic and a second characteristic value associated with the second characteristic, associating the identity of a first entity with at least one of the codes, changing at least one of the characteristic values, retrieving the identity of the first entity based on the association with the code associated with the characteristic with the changed value, and sending the changed value to the first entity.
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Abstract
A method and system of associating product codes with product characteristics, and using those product codes to send and receive information about those characteristics to destinations on a network when the values of those characteristics change.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of providing product information comprising:
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associating a first code with a first characteristic of a product and a second code with a second characteristic of the same product, storing a first characteristic value associated with the first characteristic and a second characteristic value associated with the second characteristic, associating the identity of a first entity with at least one of the codes, changing at least one of the characteristic values, retrieving the identity of the first entity based on the association with the code associated with the characteristic with the changed value, and sending the changed value to the first entity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 9)
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6. A computer-implemented method of providing information about a product comprising:
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providing product data associating information codes to information about a product, providing destination data correlating the information codes to entities, modifying the information about the product, identifying a first entity based upon the information code associated with the information about a product, the product data and the destination data, and transmitting the modified information about a product or service to the first entity. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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10. A system for sending product information over a network comprising:
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a server in communication with a destination computer via the network, data accessible by the server, the data including (a) a plurality of product codes, each code being associated with the characteristic of a product, (b) values representative of the characteristic, (c) the address of the destination computer, (c) data associating one or more the product codes with the address of the destination computer, and a processor for executing instructions, the instructions including sending a communication to the address when the value of a characteristic is changed and the product code associated with the characteristic is also associated with the address. - View Dependent Claims (11, 13, 14, 16, 17)
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12. A system of providing product information comprising:
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means for associating a first code with a first characteristic of a product and a second code with a second characteristic of the same product, means for storing a first characteristic value associated with the first characteristic and a second characteristic value associated with the second characteristic, means for associating the identity of a first entity with at least one of the codes, means for changing at least one of the characteristic values, means for retrieving the identity of the first vendor based on the association with the code associated with the characteristic with the changed value, and means for sending the changed value to the first entity. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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15. A system for providing product information comprising:
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a processor, data and instructions executable by the processor, the instructions including;
associating a first code with a first characteristic of a product and a second code with a second characteristic of the same product;
storing a first characteristic value associated with the first characteristic and a second characteristic value associated with the second characteristic;
associating the identity of a first entity with at least one of the codes;
changing at least one of the characteristic values;
retrieving the identity of the first entity based on the association with the code associated with the characteristic with the changed value;
sending the changed value to the first entity.
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