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

Claim 18:
19. A method for maintaining product tracing information within a supply chain, comprising:
creating, by multiple members of the supply chain, accounts within a web-based application;
gathering, by a first member of the supply chain, tracing information associated with a product, the product comprising at least one of a blended product, a repacked product, or a commingled product;
wherein the tracing information contains inspection information, origin information, or packing information from at least one source location for the product,
linking the at least one source location tracing information with the product;
transmitting and storing the tracing information onto at least one server;
assigning, on the at least one server, the tracing information associated with a lot record or a lot identifier linked with at least one of the accounts to a product trace code assigned to the product;
affixing the trace code associated with the tracing information to the product;
correlating, on the at least one server, the product trace code to the tracing information;
populating, via the at least one server, a web-based application with the tracing information, wherein the tracing information is updated with information from the at least one server; and
providing, from the at least one server, a web-based application configured to provide at least a second member of the supply chain with access to the tracing information on the web page in response to entering, searching, scanning, or viewing the product trace code in the web-based application;
wherein the first member of the supply chain can give permissioned access to the tracing information to the second member of the supply chain by setting security controls that selectively limit the ability of the second member of the supply chain to view, or add to, the product tracing information.