Method and apparatus for automated information retrieval and component ordering

US7272618B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• EMERSON POWER TRANSMISSION MANUFACTURING · US

Inventors

• John Francesco Bisotti · Flemingsburg, US
• Daniel G. Fannin · West Union, US
• James P. Johnson · Sugar Grove, US
• Harold A. Fischer · Naperville, US
• James Parejko · Plainfield, US
• Michael Stein · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 30, 2002
• Grant date: Sep 18, 2007
• Expiry date: Mar 2, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S707/99948
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for determining information for system components includes a database, an interchanger subsystem, and a product selection subsystem. The database includes information concerning components. An interchanger subsystem receives product parameters from a selected one of the plurality of users. The product parameters specify features of a component. The interchanger subsystem determines a list of interchangeable substitute components from the information in the database. The product selection subsystem receives component information from a selected one of the plurality of users and determines a range of product offerings from the information in the database.