TOOLS FOR DYNAMIC DATABASE DRIVEN CATALOG BUILDING
First Claim
1. A database driven method for dynamically generating a customizable presentation of multiple products, wherein the database includes a plurality of product attributes related to the products and each product has a set of specifications including at least one attribute, comprising:
- designating a first set of attributes from the database to be used as a first level of product categories;
designating a second set of attributes from the database to be used as a second level of product categories, wherein each of the second attributes is a subset of the first set of attributes; and
developing a presentation output which allows a user to examine a set of overall specifications, wherein the output presentation includes a selected output format.
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Abstract
To provide the efficient and effective presentation of product information, a system and method are utilized which are database driven and highly automated. Utilizing a appropriate coding in the database itself, product categories and subcategories are identified which can be thus utilized in the presentation and product information to potential customers. Further, the coding within the database include necessary indicators to produce menus and submenus without the need for separate links or URLs when generating in a database format. Further, utilities are provided to easily hand and manage images corresponding to the listed products themselves. This image management is efficiently carried out depending upon the necessary image size and use. Lastly, due to the database structures and related coding, content groups and modified product content information is easily generated as necessary.
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21 Claims
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1. A database driven method for dynamically generating a customizable presentation of multiple products, wherein the database includes a plurality of product attributes related to the products and each product has a set of specifications including at least one attribute, comprising:
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designating a first set of attributes from the database to be used as a first level of product categories; designating a second set of attributes from the database to be used as a second level of product categories, wherein each of the second attributes is a subset of the first set of attributes; and developing a presentation output which allows a user to examine a set of overall specifications, wherein the output presentation includes a selected output format. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A database driven method for dynamically generating a customized presentation of multiple products, wherein the database includes a plurality of product attributes related to the products and each product has a set of specifications designating an image contained within a single corresponding image file, comprising:
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selecting the multiple products for inclusion in the customized presentation from within the a product database, including a selection of the single image file for each selected product; determining an optimum image characteristic to be used for the presentation of the image in the customized presentation; and building the customized presentation, wherein, if the single image file does not match the optimum image characteristics, the image file is converted to a format matching the optimum image characteristics, and if the image file matches the optimum characteristics, the image file is used without conversion. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A database driven method for dynamically generating a customized presentation of multiple products, wherein the database includes a plurality of product attributes related to the products and each product has a set of specifications including multiple attributes, comprising:
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selecting at least one product attribute and determining the multiple products for inclusion in the customized presentation based upon the selected at least one attribute, wherein the multiple products comprise those products from within the a product database having the select attribute; determining the format of the set of specifications for the selected multiple products stored within the database; and building the customized presentation, wherein specifications are automatically converted to the optimum format for a presentation output. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A database driven method for dynamically generating a customized presentation of multiple products, wherein the database includes a plurality of product attributes related to the products and each product has a set of specifications including multiple attributes, comprising:
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building a product presentation which allows a user to select at least a first product attribute, wherein a resulting group of products within the database will include the selected attribute; dynamically filtering the attributes related to the resulting group of products and generating a selection presentation including a set of selection options, wherein each of the selection options includes one of the attributes related to the resulting group of products; and presenting the selection presentation to a user thus allowing the user to select a chosen option from the selection options, and generate a customized product presentation which includes a set of products which each have the selected attribute and the chose option. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. A database driven method for dynamically generating a customized presentation of multiple products, wherein the database includes a plurality of product attributes related to the products and each product has a set of specifications including multiple attributes, comprising:
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identifying at least one field within the database which is searchable; designating at least one selected attribute; dynamically filtering the database to identify a resulting group of products within the database will include the at least one selected attribute wherein filtering uses a database values to identify the resulting groups; building the customized presentation using the resulting group of products, wherein the customized presentation.
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