Method for collecting, testing and distributing milk

• US 20070098863A1
• Filed: 09/22/2006
• Published: 05/03/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Prolacta Bioscience Inc.
• Original Assignee: Prolacta Bioscience Inc.
• Inventors: Lee, Martin, Rechtman, David, Medo, Elena
• Application Number:
  US11/526,127
• Publication Number:
  US 20070098863A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 426/522
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management

Abstract

The disclosure is related generally to a method for facilitating the collection and distribution of milk over a computer network among a milk provider, a milk company and a milk distribution center.

Claims

1. A method for facilitating the collection and distribution of milk over a computer network among a milk provider, a milk company, and a milk distribution center comprising the steps of:

qualifying, by a milk company, at least one milk provider to participate;

providing a provider account code wherein said provider code corresponds to the qualification information for the at least one milk provider;

receiving a filled first milk containers bearing the provider code from the at least one milk provider;

establishing a database for facilitating display of a plurality of descriptive line items of the filled milk containers, wherein each of said descriptive line items comprises an identification of the milk, comprising the quantity, quality and/or provider code;

processing milk and filling a second milk container for shipment; and

effecting the shipment of the second filled milk containers to a distribution center.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of providing empty first milk containers to the milk provider.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising establishing a relationship with a milk collection center for qualification of the milk provider.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising receiving the qualification information from the milk collection center.

5. The method of claim 3, comprising the milk provider delivering the filled first milk container to the milk collection center and the milk collection center shipping the containers to the milk company.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the provider account code is a bar code.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the milk is tested for viral and bacterial contaminants.

8. The method of claim 1, implemented by a computer.

9. A computer program on computer readable medium, comprising instructions to cause a computer to:

provide a provider account code to a qualified milk provider wherein the provider account code corresponds to the qualification information for the qualified milk provider;

process a filled first milk container bearing the provider account code from the qualified milk provider comprising associating a plurality of descriptive line items of the filled milk container comprising an identification of the milk, comprising the quantity, quality and/or provider account code;

process the filled first milk container and filling a second milk container for shipment; and

effect the shipment of the second filled milk containers to a distribution center.

10. The computer program of claim 9, further comprising causing the identification of a qualified milk provider and effecting a shipment of empty milk containers to the qualified milk provider.

11. The computer program of claim 9, further comprising causing the identification of a relationship with a milk collection center and a qualified milk provider.

12. The computer program of claim 11, further comprising causing identification of qualification information from the milk collection center.

13. The computer program of claim 11, effecting the shipment of filled containers from the milk collection center to a milk company.

14. The computer program of claim 9, wherein the provider account code is a bar code.

15. The computer program of claim 9, wherein the processing of the milk comprises testing the milk for viral and bacterial contaminants.