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Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2007

Filed:

Oct. 07, 2004
Applicants:

Arnold N. Blinn, Bellevue, WA (US);

John A. Dunning, Jr., Seattle, WA (US);

Jun LI, Seattle, WA (US);

Trevor Traina, Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Arnold N. Blinn, Bellevue, WA (US);

John A. Dunning, Jr., Seattle, WA (US);

Jun Li, Seattle, WA (US);

Trevor Traina, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A business model is described in which one entity hosts, maintains, and provides a uniform interface for entering data into, a database of manufacturers product specification on behalf of a plurality of manufacturers. The entity then serves as an application service provider (ASP) with respect to that database, by allowing the manufacturers to access their respective product specification data in the database for any of a variety of uses outside of the database in exchange for some form of remuneration from those manufacturers.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Blinn, Arnold. (2007). Application service provider model for manufacturers product specification data (U.S. Patent No. 7158997). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7158997

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