U.S. Patent Sep.

30, 2008 Sheet 62 of 71 US 7430,528 B2

SELECT MANUFACTURER WEBSITE SEARCH MODE BY A

SELECTING DESIGNATED CHECKBOX BUTTON IN CONTROL
FRAME OF GUI OF REGUESTING CLIENT SUBSYSTEM

PD SERVER SENDS HTML FORM TO REOUESTING B

CLENT SUBSYSTEM FOR DISPLAY IN INFORMATION DISPLAY
FRAME OF GUI OF REGUESTING CLIENT SUBSYSTEM

ENTER UPN ON CONSUMER PRODUCT INTO INPUT BOX

OF THE HTML FORM, SELECTSUBMIT BUTTON, AND SEND
HTML FORM (WITH UPN VALUE) TO THE CCG OF C
PD SERVER IN THE SELECTED MODE

THE HTTP PROGRAM OF THE PD SERVER PASSES UPN

TO CG AND THE CCG SCRIPTRANSLATES THE GUERY D
STRING INTO A PROPER OUERY FOR THE RDBMS
OF THE PD SERVER IN THE SELECTED MODE

THE TRANSLATED OUERY IS USED TO SEARCH THE

RDBMS TO FIND THE URL OF THE HOME PAGE OF THE E
MANUFACTURER OF THE PRODUCT HAVING THE UPN
INPUT TO THE HTML FORM

THE CGCREATES ON OUTPUT HTML FORM WITH F

RESULTS FROM THE RDBMS SEARCH

THE URL OF THE MANUFACTURERS WWW HOME PAGE G

S SELECTED BY CONSUMER OR SALES CLERK TO LINK
TO HOME PAGETHEREOF

F. G. 6B