System and method for distributing information through cooperative communication network sites
CA 2246641 C · Owner: Banker, David W. · Inventors: Gardenswartz, Will; Rochon, David A.; Scroggie, Michael C.
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Information pertaining to products made by manufacturers and sold to consumers through retailers is distributed to consumers through a communication network that connects consumer communication nodes to a cooperative network site having an accumulation of information about manufacturer product offers and retailer special deals. A consumer can obtain selected items of this information without knowledge of how to reach the cooperative network site by simply logging in to a manufacturer network site or to a retailer network site. At a manufacturer site the consumer can obtain a list of local retailers carrying the manufacturer offers and can then select from among the offers and receive …
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- Filed September 8, 1998 and granted March 18, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 8, 2018.
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