Centralized management of packaging data with rule-based content validation
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1. A system comprising:
- a set of packaging records and associated packaging data for a plurality of products; and
a rules engine to validate the packaging records and associated data in accordance with a set of rules.
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Abstract
A central packaging data (CPD) management system provides an online environment in which customers manage packaging data for their products. The CPD management system securely distributes the packaging data to respective remote manufacturing sites, print centers or other output locations, and allows the customers to easily control the printed output material applied to their packaging and manufactured products. The CPD management system includes a variety of features for the application of business rules to automate the generation and validation of packaging materials.
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31 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a set of packaging records and associated packaging data for a plurality of products; and
a rules engine to validate the packaging records and associated data in accordance with a set of rules. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A medium comprising:
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a set of packaging records and associated packaging data for a plurality of products for a plurality of customers;
a set of reusable packaging templates having data fields for creation of the packaging records in response to input from the customers; and
a set of rules for validation of the packaging records. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A system comprising:
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a template manager software interface to create and manage a set of reusable packaging templates for a plurality of customers, wherein the template manager software interface registers the packaging templates against nodes of customer-defined hierarchies for organizing the packaging templates; and
a record manager software interface to create and manage a set of packaging records based on the packaging templates, wherein the record manager software interface presents subsets of the packaging templates to the customers in response to input from the customers selecting the nodes of the hierarchies. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method comprising:
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hierarchically relating a set of reusable packaging templates having data fields; and
selectively presenting a subset of the packaging templates to a user based on the hierarchical relationship of the packaging templates;
selecting one of the presented packaging templates in response to input from the user; and
generating a packaging record that associates packaging data with the fields of the selected packaging template. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. An online packaging data management system comprising:
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means for centrally storing packaging templates and packaging records for a plurality of customers;
means for associating packaging data with the packaging templates;
means for validating the packaging records and associated packaging data in accordance with a set of rules defining packaging requirements;
means for controlling updates to the packaging templates and the packaging records; and
means for printing packaging materials at output locations in accordance with the packaging records. - View Dependent Claims (31)
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