Patent ID: 6490565
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: G06Q,Y02E,Y02W,Y04S,Y10S

Abstract:
A data processing method for an environmental certification program for participation in by a participant and which permits the participant, when in compliance with the program, to utilize a certification mark in association with at least one of the goods and advertising of the participant, the participant having operations including at least one facility, said data processing method comprising:a) defining a plurality of environmentally beneficial criteria and storing said criteria in a database; b) requiring the participant to comply with a first group of said plurality of criteria; c) upon compliance with said first group of said plurality of criteria, recording a first compliance in the database and notifying the participant that the participant is permitted to use the certification mark; d) requiring the participant to comply with a second group of said plurality of criteria by a predefined first date stored in said database, said second group being different than said first group; e) upon compliance with said second group of said plurality of criteria by said first date, recording a second compliance in the database and permitting the participant to continue to use the certification mark; and f) upon failure to comply with said second group of said plurality of criteria by said first date, recording a non-compliance in the database and notifying the participant that the participant is decertified.