Common point authoring system for the complex sharing of hierarchically authored data objects in a distribution chain
DCFirst Claim
1. A method for maintaining data for use by authoring and accessing members to track uniquely identified products, comprising:
- enabling an authorized authoring member to create data comprising a draft informational object, which uniquely identifies a product for tracking purposes;
authenticating the draft informational object created by the authorized authoring member;
converting the authenticated informational object created by the authorized authoring member to a corresponding immutable informational object which is identified by a unique identifier;
writing the created immutable informational object into a memory for use by authorized accessing members;
transmitting offer data from the authorized authoring member to members identified in the offer data to enable the identified members to access and change data corresponding to data that is contained in the immutable informational object; and
enabling members identified in the offer data to access and change data corresponding to data that is contained in the immutable informational object to an extent and for a duration defined by permissions set by the authorized authoring member in the offer data, comprising;
creating a copy of the immutable informational object,enabling an identified accessing member to revise data contained in the copy of the immutable informational object to the extent and for the duration defined by the permissions, andrelating the copy of the immutable informational object, containing the revised data, to the immutable informational object.
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Abstract
The Common Point Authoring system functions to provide Livestock Informational Objects via the use of a centralized repository of uniquely identified, immutable Livestock Informational Objects. This system automates the authoring, maintenance, and distribution of the Livestock Informational Objects by using an Internet-based paradigm and a centralized repository of uniquely-identified, immutable Data Elements. The Common Point Authoring system provides a set of software modules that the manufacturers can use to author, maintain, and distribute Livestock Informational Objects and their customers, as Members of the system of Livestock Informational Objects, can use to retrieve, maintain, and distribute the Livestock Informational Objects. The system'"'"'s interconnectivity allows for the use of an Internet-based paradigm for the purchase and sale among Members of the system of Livestock Informational Objects as commodities, and for reducing the burden costs among Members of compliance with government regulations.
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14 Claims
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1. A method for maintaining data for use by authoring and accessing members to track uniquely identified products, comprising:
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enabling an authorized authoring member to create data comprising a draft informational object, which uniquely identifies a product for tracking purposes; authenticating the draft informational object created by the authorized authoring member; converting the authenticated informational object created by the authorized authoring member to a corresponding immutable informational object which is identified by a unique identifier; writing the created immutable informational object into a memory for use by authorized accessing members; transmitting offer data from the authorized authoring member to members identified in the offer data to enable the identified members to access and change data corresponding to data that is contained in the immutable informational object; and enabling members identified in the offer data to access and change data corresponding to data that is contained in the immutable informational object to an extent and for a duration defined by permissions set by the authorized authoring member in the offer data, comprising; creating a copy of the immutable informational object, enabling an identified accessing member to revise data contained in the copy of the immutable informational object to the extent and for the duration defined by the permissions, and relating the copy of the immutable informational object, containing the revised data, to the immutable informational object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A common point authoring system for maintaining data for use by authoring and accessing members to track uniquely identified products, comprising:
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an authoring server for enabling an authorized authoring member to create data comprising a draft informational object; an informational object database for maintaining in a read-only mode a set of data that defines an informational object, the set of data comprising a plurality of the unique identifiers that correspond to a selected set of a plurality of data elements; an authentication server for authenticating the draft informational object created by the authorized authoring member; an authoring server for converting the draft informational object created by the authorized authoring member to a corresponding immutable informational object which is identified by a unique identifier; a database manager for writing the created immutable informational object into the informational object database; an offer transmitter for transmitting offer data from the authorized authoring member to members identified in the offer data to enable the identified members to access and change data corresponding to data that is contained in the immutable informational object; and an informational object offertory server for enabling members identified in the offer data to access and change data corresponding to data that is contained in the immutable informational object to an extent and for a duration defined by permissions set by the authorized authoring member in the offer data, comprising; a copy process for creating a copy of the immutable informational object, an informational object editor for enabling an identified accessing member to revise data contained in the copy of the-immutable informational object to the extent and for the duration defined by the permissions, and an informational object accessing member authoring server for relating the copy of the immutable informational object, containing the revised data, to the immutable informational object. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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