I got idea to share.

[Anton Markov]

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Perhaps you can use RSS feeds on the customer side to get the pricing
information.

On the vendor side, a "get" request to a CGI script may be a good way to
update the info. Or just use a web-based interface.

fcsoft-3Emkkp+1Olsmp8TqCH86vg at public.gmane.org wrote:
| Maybe this could be implemented as a peer to peer type of application
with
| some "Napster like" search software overseeing the whole show.
|
| Maybe it could be implemented in the form of a small local network
appliance
| which can be programmed to grab relevant pricing info from a Net
broadcast
| "ticker tape type" pricing stream ... similar technology to Internet
radio.
|
| Maybe it could be implemented as a distributed network of specialized
| appliances that reside at the grocery stores that can be easily
updated at
| that end and can be easily queried through some wget like software.

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