Patent ID: 7917485

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for generating and delivering a product notice message, comprising: identifying a user accessing a web page that identifies at least one product; displaying a product notice option on the web page to the user, wherein the product notice option provides an option to create a customized product notice message for the at least one product; determining when the product notice option is selected, and in response to the selection: determining at least one addressee for the product notice message, wherein the product notice message includes information about the at least one product; customizing the product notice message to include traceable information, wherein the traceable information includes a link to information about the at least product such that, when the at least one addressee accesses the link, a record that the at least one addressee accessed the link is transmitted; sending the product notice message to the at least one addressee; and notifying the user when the product notice message is opened by the at least one addressee using a tracking message, wherein the tracking message comprises a list of all addressees who have accessed the link within a specified time.