Virtual private supply chain
First Claim
1. A system for viewing data, the system comprising:
- an Internet based data viewing engine; and
a data store, where the data store holds at least;
viewable supply chain data; and
metadata associated with the viewable supply chain data, the metadata employable by the Internet based data viewing engine to control, at least in part, the presentation of the viewable data, whereinthe metadata associated with the viewable supply chain data stores information concerning at least one of view heading information, query criteria information, view result information, additional information link information, personalization information, display parameters, and content parameters;
whereinthe Internet based data viewing engine is configured to;
select one or more items of the viewable supply chain data and the associated metadata in response to a user query received over a network; and
display, over the network, the one or more items of the viewable supply chain data on a user interface tangibly displayed on a display device, wherein a presentation of the one or more items of the viewable supply chain data on the user interface is controlled, at least in part, by the metadata associated with the one or more items of the viewable supply chain data.
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Abstract
A generic Internet based system for viewing supply chain data is provided. The system includes an Internet based data viewing engine and a data store that holds both viewable data and metadata associated with the viewable data. The metadata can be employed by the Internet based data viewing engine to control the presentation of the viewable data. The generic Internet based supply chain data viewing engine may be employed in a virtual private supply chain (VPSC). A VPSC includes a data acceptor that can receive supply chain data items from supply chain members, a supply chain data store that can store transformed, validated supply chain data items received from the supply chain members and a data accessor operable to selectively present supply chain data items stored in the supply chain data store to viewing supply chain members. One example of the data accessor is the generic Internet based viewing engine.
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11 Claims
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1. A system for viewing data, the system comprising:
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an Internet based data viewing engine; and a data store, where the data store holds at least; viewable supply chain data; and metadata associated with the viewable supply chain data, the metadata employable by the Internet based data viewing engine to control, at least in part, the presentation of the viewable data, wherein the metadata associated with the viewable supply chain data stores information concerning at least one of view heading information, query criteria information, view result information, additional information link information, personalization information, display parameters, and content parameters;
whereinthe Internet based data viewing engine is configured to; select one or more items of the viewable supply chain data and the associated metadata in response to a user query received over a network; and display, over the network, the one or more items of the viewable supply chain data on a user interface tangibly displayed on a display device, wherein a presentation of the one or more items of the viewable supply chain data on the user interface is controlled, at least in part, by the metadata associated with the one or more items of the viewable supply chain data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for viewing supply chain data, the method comprising:
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extracting supply chain data from one or more supply chain members; transforming the extracted supply chain data to one or more common formats; validating the transformed supply chain data; storing the validated supply chain data in a supply chain data store; storing metadata associated with the validated supply chain data in the supply chain data store, the metadata employable to control, at least in part, the presentation of the supply chain data wherein the metadata stores information concerning at least one of view heading information, query criteria information, view result information, additional information link information, personalization information, display parameters, and content parameters; and displaying one or more items of the supply chain data on a user interface tangibly displayed on a display device, wherein a presentation of the one or more items of the supply chain data on the user interface is controlled, at least in part, by the metadata associated with the one or more items of the viewable supply chain data. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. A computer readable medium, storing computer executable components of a system comprising:
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an Internet based data viewing component; and a supply chain data storing component adapted to facilitate storing at least; viewable supply chain data; and supply chain metadata associated with the viewable supply chain data, the supply chain metadata employable by the Internet based data viewing component to control, at least in part, the presentation of the viewable supply chain data, wherein the supply chain metadata associated with the viewable supply chain data stores information concerning at least one of view heading information, query criteria information, view result information, additional information link information, personalization information, display parameters, and content parameters;
whereinthe Internet based data viewing component is further adapted to; select one or more items of the viewable supply chain data and the associated supply chain metadata in response to a user query received over a network; and display, over the network, the one or more items of the viewable supply chain data on a user interface tangibly displayed on a display device, wherein a presentation of the one or more items of the viewable supply chain data on the user interface is controlled, at least in part, by the supply chain metadata associated with the one or more items of the viewable supply chain data.
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