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Methods and apparatus for disseminating product information via the internet

  • US 5,913,210 A
  • Filed: 03/27/1998
  • Issued: 06/15/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/27/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. The method of retrieving, via a telecommunications network, information relating to different products produced by different manufacturers and designated by a different universal product codes, said method comprising, in combination, the steps of:

  • storing information relating to a first product designated by a first universal product code in a first computer connected to said network and identified by a first network address;

    storing information relating to a second product designated by a second universal product code in a second computer connected to said network and identified by a second network address;

    storing a first cross-reference between said first universal product code and said first network address in a third computer functioning as a cross-reference resource identified by a third network address;

    storing a second cross-reference between said second universal product code and said second network address in said third computer; and

    transmitting a query from a fourth computer containing an identification of a given one of said universal product codes, said query being transmitted via said network to said third network address, and said response being transmitted by said third computer via said network to said fourth computer, said response including an indication of the particular network address at which information relating to the product designated by said given one of said universal product codes is stored.

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