System for and method of managing and delivering manufacturer-specified consumer product information to consumers in the marketplace
US7089199B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 24, 2002 |
| Grant date | Aug 8, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 6, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W4/00
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of managing and delivering manufacturer-specified consumer product information to consumers in the marketplace. For a plurality of UPN-labeled consumer products offered for sale within a the marketplace, the manufacturer of the plurality of UPN-labeled consumer products or an agent thereof, accesses an Internet-enabled relational database and store therein, information elements representative of (1) a plurality of universal product numbers (UPNs) assigned to the plurality of UPN-labeled consumer products manufactured by the manufacturer and registered with the relational database, and (2A) a trademark (TM) symbolically linked to each the UPN, (2B) a product description (PD) symbolically linked to each the UPN, and (2C) one or more uniform resource locators (URLs) symbolically linked to each the UPN, wherein each the URL specifies the location of an information resource located on the Internet and related to one of the plurality of UPN-labeled consumer products registered with the relational database by the manufacturer, and wherein a UPN/TM/PD/URL data link is created and maintained in the relational database for each the UPN-labeled consumer product registered with the re…
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