Erik, Giulia, MaiaSoftware Design, fall 2008

Carrier SMS Number Text Format

AT&T fish@pricecod.com barcode

Sprint fish@pricecod.com barcode

Verizon fish@pricecod.com barcode

T-mobile 500 fish@pricecod.com / barcode /

Sample Barcode Numbers

9781413017731

043396061903

9780138057152

718103055758

Text message or emailSend to fish@pricecod.comBarcode number in body or subject line

user sends barcode

master script extracts barcode from each new message

prices found for barcode

barcode number is sent to Amazon & Google as queryeach site returns a page of results

HTML is parsed to extract prices and vendorslowest 4 prices are extracted and saved

inbox receives new message

inbox receives new messagemaster script extracts user’s address

new email is composed with price informationemail is sent to user’s address

prices sent to user

Erik, Giulia, MaiaSoftware Design, fall 2008

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