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

Claim 12:
13. A method for maintaining product tracing information within a supply chain, comprising:
creating a first account within a web-based application, the first account associated with a first member of the supply chain;
creating a second account within the web-based application, the second account associated with a second member of the supply chain;
gathering, by the first member of the supply chain, product tracing information associated with a product, wherein the product tracing information comprises documents, certificates, or audits related to the product;
linking the product tracing information with the product;
transmitting and storing the tracing information onto at least one server;
assigning, on the at least one server, a trace code associated with the product tracing information to the product;
affixing the trace code to the product;
correlating, on the at least one server, the trace code to the product tracing information;
populating, via the at least one server, the first account with the product tracing information, wherein the product tracing information is updated with information from the at least one server; and
providing, from the at least one server, the web-based application configured to provide the second member of the supply chain with access to the product tracing information via the second account in response to the second member of the supply chain entering the trace code in the web-based application;
wherein entering the trace code by the second member of the supply chain within the web-based application provides permissioned access to the product tracing information populated in the first account.