Patent ID: 8756120
Filing Date: 2014-06-17
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of providing product catalogue information to a mobile device, the method comprising configuring a computer system with computer executable program instructions operative to cause the computer system to perform steps of: receiving from the mobile device location information representative of a location of a user of the mobile device; receiving from the mobile device contextual information comprising information about the user's current environment and information about the mobile device's current operating conditions; accessing a database of product catalogues comprising product catalogue data for a plurality of suppliers; generating a search key using the location information and the context information to search the database of product catalogues; retrieving one or more data records from the database of product catalogues using the search key; and if a data record is retrieved from the database of product catalogues using the search key, then generating a compiled product catalogue comprising product catalogue data from the plurality of suppliers using the one or more data records and sending the compiled product catalogue to the mobile device; if no data records are retrieved from the database of product catalogues using the search key, then storing a new data record in the database comprising steps of: