Patent ID: 8364558

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for allowing a customer to access information related to a commodity, said computer-implemented method comprising: providing a central database on an electronic storage medium; receiving, by a server communicatively coupled to said central database, said information related to said commodity; entering, by said server, said information from said server into said central database; allowing, by said server, said customer to access said information via said server using a web-based application running on a remote terminal; wherein said information comprises inspection information corresponding to said commodity and at least one or more of sales information, shipping information, packout information, inventory information, and tracing information corresponding to said commodity; transmitting, by said server, to said web-based application running on the remote terminal original source location information of said commodity; transmitting, by said server, to said web-based application running on the remote terminal a photograph of an origin of said commodity; and linking, by said server, at least one tracking identification (tracking ID) of said commodity to said information, said original source location information, and said photograph of said origin of said commodity, wherein said information, said original source location information, and said photograph are stored in said central database.