Method and system for distributing product information
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1. A computer program product embodied on one or more computer-readable media having instructions executable by a processor for performing a method of providing product information comprising:
- associating a first code with a first characteristic of a product and a second code with a second characteristic of the same product,storing a first characteristic value associated with the first characteristic and a second characteristic value associated with the second characteristic,associating an identity of a first entity with at least one of the first or second codes including setting one or more distinct update values indicating whether the first entity is authorized to receive changes relating to the first or second characteristic values associated with the first or second code,changing at least one of the characteristic values to produce a changed characteristic value,retrieving the identity of the first entity based on the changed characteristic value,determining whether the first entity is authorized to be sent the changed characteristic value based on one of the one or more distinct update values, andsending the changed characteristic value to the first entity based on the determination.
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Abstract
A method and system of associating product codes with product characteristics, and using those product codes to send and receive information about those characteristics to destinations on a network when the values of those characteristics change.
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1. A computer program product embodied on one or more computer-readable media having instructions executable by a processor for performing a method of providing product information comprising:
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associating a first code with a first characteristic of a product and a second code with a second characteristic of the same product, storing a first characteristic value associated with the first characteristic and a second characteristic value associated with the second characteristic, associating an identity of a first entity with at least one of the first or second codes including setting one or more distinct update values indicating whether the first entity is authorized to receive changes relating to the first or second characteristic values associated with the first or second code, changing at least one of the characteristic values to produce a changed characteristic value, retrieving the identity of the first entity based on the changed characteristic value, determining whether the first entity is authorized to be sent the changed characteristic value based on one of the one or more distinct update values, and sending the changed characteristic value to the first entity based on the determination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 9)
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6. A computer-implemented method of providing information about a product comprising:
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providing product data associating information codes to information about a product, providing destination data correlating the information codes to entities, storing an entity-data association, modifying the information about the product, identifying a first entity based upon the modified product information and the information code associated with the product, the product data, and the destination data, determining whether the first entity is authorized to be sent the modified product information based on the entity-data association and a distinct update value that indicates whether the first entity should be sent the modified information, and transmitting the modified information about the product to the first entity only if the first entity is determined to be authorized to be sent the modified information. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 10)
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11. A system of providing product information comprising:
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means for associating a first code with a first characteristic of a product and a second code with a second characteristic of the same product, means for storing a first characteristic value associated with the first characteristic and a second characteristic value associated with the second characteristic, means for associating the identity of a first vendor with at least one of the first or second codes including setting one or more distinct update values that provide an indication of whether the first vendor is authorized to automatically receive changes to the first or second characteristic values, means for changing at least one of the first or second characteristic values, means for retrieving the identity of the first vendor based on the changed characteristic value, means for determining whether the first entity is authorized to be automatically sent changes to either the first or second characteristic values based on one of the one or more distinct update values, and means for sending the changed characteristic value to the first vendor in response to the determination. - View Dependent Claims (12, 16)
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13. A system for providing product information comprising:
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a processor, data and instructions executable by the processor, the instructions including; associating a first code with a first characteristic of a product and a second code with a second characteristic of the same product; storing a first characteristic value associated with the first characteristic and a second characteristic value associated with the second characteristic; associating an identity of a first entity with at least one of the codes including storing one or more distinct update values indicating whether the first entity is authorized to automatically receive updates to a characteristic associated with a code; changing at least one of the characteristic values; retrieving the identity of the first entity based on the changed characteristic value; determining whether the first entity is authorized to be automatically sent changes to the at least one characteristic value based on one of the one or more distinct update values; and sending the changed characteristic value to the first entity based on the determination. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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