SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING AND ACCESSING PRODUCT INFORMATION IN A DATABASE

• US 20100114957A1
• Filed: 01/11/2010
• Published: 05/06/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Melissa Schmidt
• Original Assignee: Glenbrook Associates, Inc.
• Inventors: Benson, Amanda, Heller, Melissa, Benson, Gregory P.
• Granted Patent: US 10,096,054 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/780
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0631 Item recommendations

Abstract

A database system is disclosed. The database system includes a matching module configured to query a database for users which have data matching an interest of another user and to selectively grant to one or more of the users access to data of the other user based at least in part on a result of the query and on an access control list.

Claims

1. A networked database system, comprising:

a database, comprising user data for at least one user, the user data comprising profile information, one or more user interests, and an access control list, the database further comprising inventory data of a plurality of other users;

a communication module, configured to receive information from the one user and from the other users; and

a matching module configured to query the database for other users which have inventory data matching an interest of the one user and to selectively grant to one or more of the other users access to the user data of the one user based at least in part on a result of the query and on the access control list.