Managing Product Information

• US 20080059221A1
• Filed: 09/17/2007
• Published: 03/06/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/05/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cambridgesoft Corporation (Perkinelmer Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Cambridgesoft Corporation (Perkinelmer Incorporated)
• Inventors: KNELL, Mark, CULOT, Louis
• Application Number:
  US11/856,523
• Publication Number:
  US 20080059221A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0281 Customer communication at a business location, e.g. providing product or service information, consulting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0603 Catalogue ordering
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching

Abstract

A set of product information is acquired that describes a first chemical product that is suitable for a particular use. A second chemical product that is suitable for the particular use is determined from the set of product information and a database of chemical product information. It is determined, from a set of product information that describes a chemical product and from a database of chemical product information, that multiple names refer to the same chemical substance. It is determined, based on product information acquired from an electronic catalog, whether a database includes information for a chemical substance that is described in the product information. Based on the determination, at least a portion of the product information is added to the database.

Claims

1-22. -22. (canceled)

23. Computer software, residing on a computer-readable storage medium, comprising a set of instructions for use in a computer system to help cause the computer system to manage product information, the instructions causing the system to:

acquire a set of product information describing a first chemical product that is suitable for a particular use; and

determine, from the set of product information and a database of chemical product information, a second chemical product that is suitable for the particular use.

24. Computer software, residing on a computer-readable storage medium, comprising a set of instructions for use in a computer system to help cause the computer system to manage product information, the instructions causing the system to:

acquire a set of product information describing a chemical product; and

determine, from the set of product information and a database of chemical product information, that multiple names refer to the same chemical substance.

25. Computer software, residing on a computer-readable storage medium, comprising a set of instructions for use in a computer system to help cause the computer system to manage product information, the instructions causing the system to:

acquire product information from an electronic catalog;

determine, based on the product information, whether a database includes information for a chemical substance that is described in the product information; and

add, based on the determination, at least a portion of the product information to the database.

26. A data processing system for use in managing product information, comprising:

a computer;

a storage device for storing data on a storage medium;

a first logic circuit configured to acquire a set of product information describing a first chemical product that is suitable for a particular use; and

a second logic circuit configured to determine, from the set of product information and a database of chemical product information, a second chemical product that is suitable for the particular use.

27. A data processing system for use in managing product information, comprising:

a computer;

a storage device for storing data on a storage medium;

a first logic circuit configured to acquire a set of product information describing a chemical product; and

a second logic circuit configured to determine, from the set of product information and a database of chemical product information, that multiple names refer to the same chemical substance.

29. The data processing system of claim 27, further comprising:

a third logic circuit configured to add, based on the determination, at least a portion of the set of product information to the database.

28. (canceled)