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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2002
Koichi Kojima, Tokyo, JP;
Masaya Abe, Kanagawa, JP;
Masayuki Ohta, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukio Hasegawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaomi Kuraoka, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuo Wakabayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Tomita, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuya Kori, Tochigi, JP;
Koichi Kojima, Tokyo, JP;
Masaya Abe, Kanagawa, JP;
Masayuki Ohta, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukio Hasegawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaomi Kuraoka, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuo Wakabayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Tomita, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuya Kori, Tochigi, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus which can manage commodities efficiently by unifying and maintaining commodity codes in order for companies to manage commodities. An apparatus according to the present invention manages product names each consisting of multiple levels and model names below them by means of a product family tree management section and issues commodity codes each consisting of multiple levels for model names by means of a commodity code management section.