Method for tracking a sales channel of a merchandise item

US8079516B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SONY DADC AUSTRIA AG · AT

Inventor

• Bernhard Wiesinger · Gold Coast, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 26, 2008
• Grant date: Dec 20, 2011
• Expiry date: Jul 4, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/02
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Method for tracking a sales channel of a merchandise item, comprising: storing an item identifier of said merchandise item on a data carrier; storing in a data base said item identifier together with an associated sales channel identifier; selling said merchandise item together with said data carrier to a customer; reading at a customer's location said item identifier from said data carrier; transmitting said item identifier together with a location identifier to said registration data base; identifying said item identifier in said data base; and comparing said location identifier with said associated sales channel identifier.