Systems and methods for maintaining and distributing a commerce catalogue
OwnerSimon Pincus, Brett Watson-Lukeinventors
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Abstract
A computerized system for maintaining a commerce catalogue includes a commerce manager operable to read an catalogue repository that includes XML schema data defining products and services. The commerce manager sends the XML schema data to a publisher operable to forward the data to a particular viewing agent. In addition, the commerce manager communicates with a listener to receive XML schema data defining products and services.
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A computerized system for maintaining a commerce catalogue, the system comprising:
- an catalogue repository including catalogue schema data;
- a commerce index manager operable to read and write catalogue schema data to the catalogue repository;
- a publisher operable to send the catalogue schema data to a viewing agent;
- and
- a listener operable to receive catalogue schema data from a product or service supplier;
- wherein the catalogue schema data comprises a common schema and a sub-schema.
A method for maintaining a commerce catalogue, the method comprising:
- defining a schema and at least one sub-schema for a catalogue database;
- receiving catalogue data conforming to the schema and the at least one sub-schema;
- storing the catalogue data in a catalogue repository;
- and
- publishing the catalogue data to a viewing agent, wherein the catalogue data is filtered according to a sub-schema of interest to a viewing agent.
A computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions for performing a method for maintaining a commerce catalogue, the method comprising:
- defining a schema and at least one sub-schema for a catalogue database;
- receiving catalogue data conforming to the schema and the at least one sub-schema;
- storing the catalogue data in a catalogue repository;
- and
- publishing the catalogue data to a viewing agent, wherein the catalogue data is filtered according to a sub-schema of interest to a viewing agent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.