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US 2009/0157460 A1Published application
System and method for providing product and service data
OwnerKarthikeyan Narayanaswamyinventor
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Abstract
Product/service data may be provided to consumers in an environment of manufacturers/service providers, distributors and consumers linked via a data broker. The data broker may provide product/service data in response to receiving identifiers associated with products/services. The identifiers may be generated by the data broker. The identifiers may be provided to the consumers.
Claims22
A method for providing information for an instance of a product or service via an information broker, the method comprising:
- receiving identity information for a plurality of providers of products or services;
- generating, for each provider, a set of identifiers for instances of the products or services;
- mapping each set of the generated identifiers with the identity information for a respective one of the plurality of provides;
- receiving an identifier associated with an instance of a product or service;
- determining whether the received identifier matches any of the generated identifiers;
- identifying one of the plurality of providers via the mapping if the received identifier matches any of the generated identifiers;
- sending the received identifier to the one provider;
- receiving a first set of information identifying attributes of the instance of the product or service mapped with the received identifier in response to sending the received identifier to the one provider wherein the first set of information is in a format specified by the data broker;
- compiling a second set of information identifying attributes of the instance of the product or service based on the first set of information;
- and
- providing the second set of information.
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A method for providing information for an instance of a product or service via an information broker, the method comprising:
- generating, for each of a plurality of providers of products or services, a respective set of identifiers for instances of products or services;
- sending a respective one of the sets of generated identifiers to each of the plurality of providers;
- receiving a mapping from one or more of the plurality of providers wherein each mapping includes at least some of the generated identifiers each associated with a set of information identifying attributes of an instance of a product or service and wherein the sets of information are in a format specified by the information broker;
- receiving a request for information about an instance of a product or service including an identifier associated with the instance of the product or service;
- determining whether the received identifier matches any of the generated identifiers;
- retrieving the set of information identifying attributes of the instance of the product or service requested via the mappings if the received identifier matches any of the generated identifiers;
- compiling an additional set of information identifying attributes of the instance of the product or service requested based on the retrieved set of information;
- and
- providing the additional set of information.
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A computer system for generating a custom product manual, the system comprising:
- a product manual module configured to receive optional product manual segments corresponding to optional product features and data indicative of optional product features of an instance of a product;
- a generating module configured to automatically generate a custom product manual based on the data indicative of the optional product features of the instance of the product;
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- an interface module configured to output the custom product manual having at least one optional product manual segment corresponding to at least one optional product feature of the instance of the product.
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A method for registering a product having a product code with the product manufacturer, the method comprising:
- receiving customer information identifying a customer;
- receiving the product code from the customer;
- mapping the product code with the customer information;
- identifying the manufacturer of the product based on the product code;
- prompting the customer to register the product with the manufacturer in response to receiving the product code from the customer;
- receiving a response to the prompt;
- retrieving the customer information based on the product code;
- and
- sending the customer information to the manufacturer, thereby registering, for the customer, a product having a product code with the product manufacturer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.