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• US 20050097003A1
• Filed: 10/05/2004
• Published: 05/05/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Jon Jason Linker
• Original Assignee: Jon Jason Linker
• Inventors: Linker, Jon Jason
• Application Number:
  US10/959,379
• Publication Number:
  US 20050097003A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/27.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0625 Directed, with specific intent or strategy
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0639 Item locations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces

Abstract

According to a computer-implemented approach for retrieving item information by customers, customers specify item selection criteria(s) in order to obtain information about each individual item(s). According to the approach, a customer provides item selection criteria'"'"'s to a provider and the provider sorts and displays the item information to the customer over a medium such as the Internet.

Claims

1. A method for providing store branded item information, comprising:

identifying store branded items equivalent to brand name items;

cross-referencing said store branded items to brand name items;

storing information pertaining to store branded items and brand name items in a database;

providing selection criteria to said database, wherein said database sorts said store branded item information; and

displaying said store branded item information to a user via a communications means.