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US 8,046,325 B2Granted
Method and system for distributing product information
AssigneesSony Electronics Inc., Sony Corporation
InventorsBrian M. Siegel, Gregory D. Gudorf
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Abstract
A method and system of associating product codes with product characteristics, and using those product codes to send and receive information about those characteristics to destinations on a network when the values of those characteristics change.
Claims12
A method of using a processor to provide product information, comprising:
- storing a first characteristic value and a second characteristic value associated with respective characteristics of a product,
- setting one or more distinct update values indicating whether an entity is authorized to receive changes relating to the first or second characteristic values,
- changing at least one of the characteristic values to produce a changed characteristic value,
- retrieving the identity of the entity based on the changed characteristic value,
- determining whether the entity is authorized to be sent the changed characteristic value based on one of the one or more distinct update values, and
- sending the changed characteristic value to the entity based on the determination,
- wherein each of the characteristic values is associated with a code, for each characteristic value that the entity is authorized to receive the code associated with the characteristic value is associated with an entity ID and an update value indicating whether the entity is authorized to receive changes relating to the code, retrieving the identity of the entity comprises retrieving the entity ID associated with the code corresponding to characteristic value that has changed, and determining whether the entity is authorized comprises determining the update value that is associated with both the code of the characteristic value that has changed and the entity ID.
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A system of providing product information comprising:
- means for storing a first characteristic value and a second characteristic value associated with respective characteristics of a product,
- means for setting one or more distinct update values indicating whether an entity is authorized to receive changes relating to the first or second characteristic values,
- means for changing at least one of the characteristic values to produce a changed characteristic value,
- means for retrieving the identity of the entity based on the changed characteristic value,
- means for determining whether the entity is authorized to be sent the changed characteristic value based on one of the one or more distinct update values, and
- means for sending the changed characteristic value to the entity based on the determination,
- wherein each of the characteristic values is associated with a code, for each characteristic value that the entity is authorized to receive the code associated with the characteristic value is associated with an entity ID and an update value indicating whether the entity is authorized to receive changes relating to the code, retrieving the identity of the entity comprises retrieving the entity ID associated with the code corresponding to characteristic value that has changed, and determining whether the entity is authorized comprises determining the update value that is associated with both the code of the characteristic value that has changed and the entity ID.
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A system for providing product information comprising:
- a processor, data and instructions executable by the processor,
- the instructions including:
- storing a first characteristic value and a second characteristic value associated with respective characteristics of a product,
- setting one or more distinct update values indicating whether an entity is authorized to receive changes relating to the first or second characteristic values,
- changing at least one of the characteristic values to produce a changed characteristic value,
- retrieving the identity of the entity based on the changed characteristic value,
- determining whether the entity is authorized to be sent the changed characteristic value based on one of the one or more distinct update values, and
- sending the changed characteristic value to the entity based on the determination,
- wherein each of the characteristic values is associated with a code, for each characteristic value that the entity is authorized to receive the code associated with the characteristic value is associated with an entity ID and an update value indicating whether the entity is authorized to receive changes relating to the code, retrieving the identity of the entity comprises retrieving the entity ID associated with the code corresponding to characteristic value that has changed, and determining whether the entity is authorized comprises determining the update value that is associated with both the code of the characteristic value that has changed and the entity ID.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.