System and method for browsing and comparing products
CA 2353932 A1 · Owner: Icu Medical, Inc. · Inventors: Bregman, Doug; Lopez, George A.; Perkins, Craig
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A system and method permit a user to browse and compare products of a merchant using information about a competitor. In one embodiment of the system and method, a page server serves a competitor electronic page to a customer browser which permits the user to select a competitor. The competitor electronic page includes a hyperlink having a manufacturer ID parameter which , hyperlink, when selected, issues a request to the page server for competitor product information. The request includes the manufacturer ID. Responsive to that request, the page server uses the manufacturer ID to form a query to present to a product database having competitive product information manufacturer …
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- Filed December 16, 1999. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended December 16, 2019.
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