A method of managing and delivering manufacturer-specified consumer
product information to consumers in the marketplace. For a plurality of
UPN-labeled consumer products offered for sale within a the marketplace,
the manufacturer of the plurality of UPN-labeled consumer products or an
agent thereof, accesses an Internet-enabled relational database and store
therein, information elements representative of (1) a plurality of
universal product numbers (UPNs) assigned to the plurality of UPN-labeled
consumer products manufactured by the manufacturer and registered with
the relational database, and (2A) a trademark (TM) symbolically linked to
each the UPN, (2B) a product description (PD) symbolically linked to each
the UPN, and (2C) one or more uniform resource locators (URLs)
symbolically linked to each the UPN, wherein each the URL specifies the
location of an information resource located on the Internet and related
to one of the plurality of UPN-labeled consumer products registered with
the relational database by the manufacturer, and wherein a UPN/TM/PD/URL
data link is created and maintained in the relational database for each
the UPN-labeled consumer product registered with the relational database
by the manufacturer. A consumer within the marketplace transmits a
request to the relational database from the Internet-enabled client
computer. The UPN, TM and/or PD contained in the request enabled the
consumer to access the URLs symbolically linked to the UPN, TM and/or PD,
and the URLS are then transmitted to the Internet-enabled client computer
for display to and use by a consumer in accessing information resources
stored in the Internet-based product information servers, at the URLs.