Patent ID: 8700429

Claim:
A method for managing product pedigree information, the method comprising: receiving pedigree information associated with a product from a product source, the pedigree information including a source identifier; associating the source identifier with the pedigree information; formatting, by a processor, the received pedigree information in accordance with a format; transmitting the formatted pedigree information to a recipient; receiving, by the processor, a message from the recipient; determining whether the message is an error message identifying an error in formatting and including instructions from the recipient; in response to determining that the message is an error message identifying an error in formatting and including instructions from the recipient, automatically reformatting, by the processor, the pedigree information according to the instructions included within the error message; determining whether the message includes a destination identifier from the recipient; and in response to determining that the message includes a destination identifier from the recipient, associating the destination identifier with the pedigree information.