Patent ID: 6983254
Filing Date: 2006-01-03
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for accepting and processing an application for conformity of a supplier dictionary to a standard dictionary using a computer system, said standard dictionary, which is used for an electronic catalog of a component, having a classification hierarchy consisted of a component class related to a tree structure and a property of the component class, said method comprising; receiving application data for said application transmitted from said supplier in respect to said supplier dictionary, the application data including information as to whether or not the supplier dictionary is intended for open to public, a conformity level, and a license level; determining whether or not said supplier dictionary is intended for open to public with reference to said application data; determining charge level according to the conformity level and the license level included in said application data if the supplier dictionary is intended for open to public; transmitting data indicating the determined charge level to said supplier; transmitting a verification program to said supplier in order to verify, at the side of said supplier, the conformity at the conformity level indicated in said application data; transmitting said standard dictionary to said supplier; and charging said supplier in accordance with said determined charge level.