Patent ID: 8996414
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for certifying and monitoring commercial activity of a manufacturer, distributors, and retailers in a product supply chain, comprising: logging into a central computer server that is owned and managed by a certification and monitoring company utilizing a login web page, by a manufacturer, the central computer server having a certification and monitoring software program that is programmed to generate the login web page, a manufacturer registration web page, a select distributor web page, a select retailer web page, a manufacturer shipment web page, a distributor shipment web page, and a notification web page; inputting a business name of a manufacturer and a state of incorporation associated with the business name utilizing the manufacturer registration web page; verifying whether the business name of the manufacturer is registered with the state of incorporation by accessing a database utilizing the central computer server; registering and certifying the manufacturer with the centralized certification and monitoring company utilizing the central computer server if the business name of the manufacturer is registered with the state of incorporation; after registering and certifying the manufacturer with the centralized certification and monitoring company then: selecting and certifying a distributor by the manufacturer, for a product manufactured by the manufacturer, utilizing the select distributor web page; selecting and certifying first and second retailers by the manufacturer, for the product, utilizing the select retailer web page; inputting a first quantity of the product shipped during a time period from the manufacturer to the distributor, by the manufacturer, utilizing the manufacturer shipment web page; inputting second and third quantities of the product shipped during the time period from the distributor to the first and second retailers, by the distributor, utilizing the distributor shipment web page; and if a sum of the second and third quantities is greater than the first quantity by a predetermined amount, then generating a first notification message on the notification web page associated with the manufacturer, the first notification message indicating that the distributor has shipped an amount of the product greater than an amount of the product received from the manufacturer during the time period.