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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2001
John V Briel, Fair Haven, NJ (US);
William R Brook, Warwick, GB;
Stephen I Daleman, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
John D Gabbe, Little Silver, NJ (US);
Kenneth a Lang, Belmar, NY (US);
John a Wojciechowski, Jr., Chester, NJ (US);
Paul Muschamp, Ihadleigh, GB;
Lindsay a Campbell, Orkney, GB;
David R Griffiths, Woodbridge, GB;
Brian R Henderson, Swanley, GB;
Michael Hodgson, Newark-On-Trent, GB;
Jonathan Legh-smith, San Jose, CA (US);
Vineet Mittal, Somerset, NJ (US);
John V Briel, Fair Haven, NJ (US);
William R Brook, Warwick, GB;
Stephen I Daleman, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
John D Gabbe, Little Silver, NJ (US);
Kenneth A Lang, Belmar, NY (US);
John A Wojciechowski, Jr., Chester, NJ (US);
Paul Muschamp, Ihadleigh, GB;
Lindsay A Campbell, Orkney, GB;
David R Griffiths, Woodbridge, GB;
Brian R Henderson, Swanley, GB;
Michael Hodgson, Newark-On-Trent, GB;
Jonathan Legh-Smith, San Jose, CA (US);
Vineet Mittal, Somerset, NJ (US);
British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London, GB;
AT&T Corporation, Middleton, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system comprises an input for product selection data; a marketplace product store for storing marketplace product definitions; a product selection store for storing data defining a selection of one or more products from the marketplace product store; an enterprise capability store for storing data defining capability of an enterprise in relation to supply of one or more products; and a product fulfillment data store for storing one or more product descriptions. At least one link is generated between each product description in the product fulfillment data store to data stored in the enterprise capability store, and at least one link is generated between each product description in the product fulfillment data store to data stored in the product selection store. The links are determined by a requirement in the respective product description for specified data in the enterprise capability store and the product selection store, such that a valid product description is dependent on presence of the specified data.