Systems for providing specialty product information to consumers

• US 8,719,113 B1
• Filed: 03/16/2012
• Issued: 05/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: OnCue Technologies, LLC
• Original Assignee: Your Advice Device, LLC
• Inventors: Marggraff, Brett, Marggraff, Elaine
• Primary Examiner(s): Misiaszek, Michael
• Application Number:
  US13/422,510
• Time in Patent Office: 781 Days
• Field of Search: 705 261- 272
• US Class Current: 705/26.64
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0623 Item investigation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0625 Directed, with specific intent or strategy
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0627 using item specifications
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0629 for generating comparisons
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces

Abstract

Systems for storing data for access by an application program providing specialty product information to consumers.

Claims

1. A memory for storing data for access by an application program being executed on a computer system, the memory comprising:

a data structure stored in the memory, said data structure including information resident in a database used by the application program, said data structure including;

an identifier data element identifying at least one specialty product,

a plurality of specialty product information data elements related to specialty products, said specialty product information data elements being obtained from specialized sources, said specialty product information data elements comprising tasting notes by expert sources including expert opinion and treatises, similar products in a category, similar products a category but at a lower price point, information on the product such as that supplied by a critic or an expert;

the data structure also including audio related to at least a portion of the specialty product information;

wherein the at least one specialty product comprises an alcoholic beverage; and

wherein said specialty product information data elements can be queried to obtain at least one relationship between the specialty product and another product.

2. The memory of claim 1 wherein said at least one relationship comprises a relationship between the specialty product and another specialty product.

3. The memory of claim 1 wherein said at least one relationship comprises a relationship between the specialty product and another consumer product.

4. The memory of claim 1 wherein said data structure also includes at least one relationship between the specialty product and another product.