PROMOTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING PRODUCT AND SERVICE DATA

• US 20140052578A1
• Filed: 08/15/2012
• Published: 02/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/15/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Vernon Redwood
• Original Assignee: Vernon Redwood
• Inventors: REDWOOD, Vernon
• Application Number:
  US13/586,092
• Publication Number:
  US 20140052578A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26.61
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0623 Item investigation

Abstract

According to embodiments described in the specification, a method, system and apparatus for processing product and service data are provided. The method is performed by a server having a processor interconnected with a memory and a communications interface. The method comprises storing, in the memory, product data defining a plurality of products, the product data including a merchant restriction associated with at least one product; storing, in the memory, a merchant identifier identifying a merchant entity; receiving at the processor, via the communications interface, a request from a merchant device to associate selected product data with the merchant identifier; determining at the processor whether the request is permissible, based on the merchant restriction; and when the determination is affirmative, storing the association of the selected product data with the merchant identifier in the memory.

Claims

1. A method in a server having a processor interconnected with a memory and a communications interface, comprising:

storing, in the memory, product data defining a plurality of products, the product data including a merchant restriction associated with at least one product;

storing, in the memory, a merchant identifier identifying a merchant entity;

receiving at the processor, via the communications interface, a request from a merchant device to associate selected product data with the merchant identifier;

determining at the processor whether the request is permissible, based on the merchant restriction; and

when the determination is affirmative, storing the association of the selected product data with the merchant identifier in the memory.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving the product data from a manager device associated with a product manager.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving the merchant data from a merchant device associated with a merchant entity.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein a merchant restriction comprises a restricted merchant identifier, and wherein the determination comprises determining whether the merchant identifier matches the restricted merchant identifier.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the determination is negative when the merchant identifier matches the restricted merchant identifier.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a search request from a consumer device, the search request including a location associated with the consumer device;

selecting response data from the product data, based on the search request; and

transmitting the response data to the consumer device via the communications interface.

12. The server of claim 1, the processor further configured to receive a search request from a consumer device, the search request including a location associated with the consumer device;

the processor further configured to select response data from the product data, based on the search request; and

to transmit the response data to the consumer device via the communications interface.

7. A server, comprising:

a memory for storing;

product data defining a plurality of products, the product data including

a merchant restriction associated with at least one product, and

a merchant identifier identifying a merchant entity;

a communications interface; and

a processor interconnected with the memory and the communications interface;

the processor configured to receive, via the communications interface, a request from a merchant device to associate selected product data with the merchant identifier;

the processor further configured to determine whether the request is permissible, based on the merchant restriction; and

the processor further configured, when the determination is affirmative, to store the association of the selected product data with the merchant identifier in the memory.

8. The server of claim 7, processor further configured to receive the product data from a manager device associated with a product manager.

9. The server of claim 7, the processor further configured to receive the merchant data from a merchant device associated with a merchant entity.

10. The server of claim 7 wherein a merchant restriction comprises a restricted merchant identifier, and wherein the determination comprises determining whether the merchant identifier matches the restricted merchant identifier.

11. The server of claim 10 wherein the determination is negative when the merchant identifier matches the restricted merchant identifier.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a plurality of computer-readable instructions executable by a processor interconnected with a memory and a communications interface for performing a method comprising:

storing, in the memory, product data defining a plurality of products, the product data including a merchant restriction associated with at least one product;

storing, in the memory, a merchant identifier identifying a merchant entity;

receiving at the processor, via the communications interface, a request from a merchant device to associate selected product data with the merchant identifier;

determining at the processor whether the request is permissible, based on the merchant restriction; and

when the determination is affirmative, storing the association of the selected product data with the merchant identifier in the memory.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the method further comprises receiving the product data from a manager device associated with a product manager.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the method further comprises receiving the merchant data from a merchant device associated with a merchant entity.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 wherein a merchant restriction comprises a restricted merchant identifier, and wherein the determination comprises determining whether the merchant identifier matches the restricted merchant identifier.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 wherein the determination is negative when the merchant identifier matches the restricted merchant identifier.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a search request from a consumer device, the search request including a location associated with the consumer device;

selecting response data from the product data, based on the search request; and

transmitting the response data to the consumer device via the communications interface.