Patent ID: 11954715
Assignee: TRACE PRODUCE, LLC
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 22:
23. An online account-based product tracing method for accessing tracing information for a product within orders, comprising:
gathering, by at least one member of a supply chain, product information, the product information including at least one of inspection information, origin information, and packing information of the product;
creating a first online account associated with a first member of the supply chain;
creating a second online account associated with a second member of the supply chain;
affixing a trace code associated with a product identification to the product by a first member of the supply chain;
assigning, by the first member of the supply chain, the trace code to the gathered product information;
assigning, by the first member of the supply chain, the trace code to order information;
entering the order information and the product information through the online account into at least one server;
correlating, on the at least one server, the product information with the order information; and
providing a web-based application via the at least one server through which the second member of the supply chain can access at least one of the product information and the order information in response to the second member of the supply chain entering the trace code into the second account;
wherein the first member of the supply chain selectively grants permission to the second member of the supply chain to access inventory quantities of the product via the web-based application.