Patent ID: 7392237
Filing Date: 2008-06-24
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for determining identifier codes for an object associated with a plurality of identifier codes by a corresponding plurality of entities, comprising the activities of: receiving a first message supporting a commercial transaction and including at. least a first identifier code identifying an object, said first identifier code being associated with a first entity; extracting said first identifier code from said received first message; accumulating, in a first database, object identifier code mapping information from identifier codes derived from data representing messages supporting commercial transactions and sent between entities desiring to effect a commercial transaction; generating a plurality of messages incorporating said extracted first identifier code, said plurality of messages being for initiating a search of a plurality of different identifier code databases including said first database, said databases linking said first identifier code associated with said first entity to corresponding different identifier codes identifying said object, said different identifier codes being associated with entities different to said first entity; and receiving said different identifier codes corresponding to said first identifier code in response to communicating said plurality of messages.