Distributed product information management
First Claim
1. A distributed information management method for searching information in an information host network comprising independent information hosts the method comprising following steps:
- inserting a unique product identification code;
contacting the first information host;
requesting information with the unique identification code;
searching the requested information according to said identification code;
characterized in that the method further comprises following steps;
displaying founded results or redirecting the request according to the host information and said identification code to secondary information host; and
repeating said redirecting step when contacted secondary host does not have information on requested identification code.
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a method and a system for managing distributed product information. The products (30) are equipped with unique product information code (31). Unique codes indicate information stored to information hosts (34, 36, 38). The hosts are aware of other hosts and if the host does not have any information about requested product the request is directed to the next host. The product information comprises links to all hosts having information about requested product. When ever a new product code is added to the host it will advertise the code to the other hosts having information relating to the same product code.
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16 Claims
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1. A distributed information management method for searching information in an information host network comprising independent information hosts the method comprising following steps:
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inserting a unique product identification code;
contacting the first information host;
requesting information with the unique identification code;
searching the requested information according to said identification code;
characterized in that the method further comprises following steps;
displaying founded results or redirecting the request according to the host information and said identification code to secondary information host; and
repeating said redirecting step when contacted secondary host does not have information on requested identification code. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A distributed information management method for storing and providing information in an information host network, comprising independent information hosts method comprising following steps:
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reading a unique product identification code;
selecting a information host;
contacting selected information host;
checking the permissions for storing information; and
storing the information;
characterized in that the checking the permissions for storing the information against product code that consists of a prefix and a suffix, in which the prefix code comprises fields for different administration levels. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9)
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- 10. A distributed information management system, which system comprises a product having a unique product information code, a terminal device for reading the product code and a set of information hosts characterized in that the set of information hosts consist of independent information hosts each information host comprising a database and said information hosts are arranged to perform and redirect searches to secondary information hosts if the requested information is not available in the primary host.
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