Patent ID: 6915276
Filing Date: 2005-07-05
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A database software system operating on a computer system for creating and managing merchandising data, the software system comprising: a product editor including means for accepting product data relating to one or more product characteristics and having one or more database tables representing one or more product characteristic hierarchies, the product characteristic hierarchies being undated by the product editor in response to new data relating to product characteristics; and a line editor for automatically building a product line list, the line editor including means for guerying one or more database tables of the product editor, means for accepting input data representing product data, and one or more database tables representing the product line list; wherein the product line list is automatically updated by the line editor in response to new data representing new product data and wherein the product line list establishes a data foundation for merchandising applications to plan and report on product lines.