Delivering Product Impact Information At The Point Of Sale
First Claim
1. A method of providing a consumer with information on lifecycle of a product at a point of sale of said product, comprising the steps of:
- providing a lifecycle assessment entity for providing said product lifecycle information to said consumer;
providing a product information bank within said lifecycle assessment entity for storing the product lifecycle information;
providing a request processor within the lifecycle assessment entity for accepting requests on said product lifecycle from the consumer;
retrieving the product lifecycle information from said product information bank based on said requests; and
delivering selectively said retrieved product lifecycle information to the consumer;
whereby the product lifecycle information is provided to the consumer at said point of sale of the product.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a method and system for providing a consumer with information on lifecycle of a product at the point of sale. The product lifecycle information comprises lifecycle assessment data on the product with a specific focus on social, environmental, and energy impact attributes of the product. The product lifecycle comprises product creation, product usage, waste disposal, and product disposal. A lifecycle assessment entity is provided to deliver information on the product lifecycle. Information related to the lifecycle of the product is captured automatically and stored in a product information bank. The consumer requests for lifecycle information on a particular product and the requested lifecycle information pertaining to the product is retrieved from the product information bank and delivered to the consumer.
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10 Claims
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1. A method of providing a consumer with information on lifecycle of a product at a point of sale of said product, comprising the steps of:
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providing a lifecycle assessment entity for providing said product lifecycle information to said consumer; providing a product information bank within said lifecycle assessment entity for storing the product lifecycle information; providing a request processor within the lifecycle assessment entity for accepting requests on said product lifecycle from the consumer; retrieving the product lifecycle information from said product information bank based on said requests; and delivering selectively said retrieved product lifecycle information to the consumer; whereby the product lifecycle information is provided to the consumer at said point of sale of the product. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A system for providing a consumer with information on lifecycle of a product at a point of sale of said product, comprising:
a lifecycle assessment entity for providing said product lifecycle information to said consumer, wherein said lifecycle assessment entity comprises; a product lifecycle capture module for capturing automatically the product lifecycle information from a plurality of information sources; a product information bank for storing said captured product lifecycle information; a request processor for accepting requests on said product lifecycle from the consumer; and a delivery module for delivering selectively the product lifecycle information to the consumer based on said requests. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer program product comprising computer executable instructions embodied in a computer readable medium, wherein said computer program product comprises:
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a first computer parsable program code for capturing information on lifecycle of a product from a plurality of information sources; a second computer parsable program code for storing said product lifecycle information in a product information bank; a third computer parsable program code for accepting requests for the product lifecycle information from a consumer; a fourth computer parsable program code for generating a search query on accepting said requests from said consumer; a fifth computer parsable program code for parsing said search query and retrieving the product lifecycle information from said product information bank; and a sixth computer parsable program code for delivering said retrieved product lifecycle information to the consumer.
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