摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new technology for providing the individual information of merchandise circulating in the market to a consumer without using any exclusive database for managing individual information concerning merchandise, or without forcing the use of any identification code designed in a predetermined specific code system. <P>SOLUTION: Each code system whose uniqueness is secured is provided with an information exchanging server for managing the corresponding relation of a code described by the code system and a command capable of acquiring merchandise individual information shown by the code. A terminal inputs the code of the code system applied to the merchandise, and requests the information exchanging server to provide a command associated with the code for procuring the command. Then, the terminal acquires the individual information of the merchandise from an individual information disclosure server group according to the procured command. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI |