Patent ID: 7904470
Filing Date: 2011-03-08
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: storing, at a discovery service, address information for each of a plurality of information services providers; storing, at each of the plurality of information services providers, receiving, at the discovery service, a query from an information requester, to locate and access specific product data for a product identifier included in the query; identifying, using one or more processors, a first information service, of the plurality of information services providers, as an information provider of the specific product data, and retrieving first address information for the first information service; routing the query from the discovery service to the first information service using the first address information, the discovery service being separate from the first information service; and at the first information service, selectively responding directly to the information requester in accordance with the access right data of the first information service.