Effective Indentification of a Product in a Proprietary Supplier Catalog
First Claim
1. A method for effectively identifying a part based on a plurality of part characteristics that are defined in a non-obvious form with respect to a proprietary supplier catalog where those characteristics are defined using different structure, standard, and nomenclature, the method comprising:
- identifying a supplier part number in the proprietary supplier catalog using the plurality of part characteristics.
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Abstract
Devices, systems, and methods are disclosed which use known characteristics of a part to identify that part'"'"'s equivalent from a supplier with a proprietary part catalog which contains characteristics defined using different structure, standards and nomenclature. The system tries to identify the correct part number or equivalent to a given part, but the supplier may have a different part numbering system than used by the individuals performing the search. The system then utilizes at least one part characteristic and/or a vehicle identifier and uses them to search the proprietary supplier catalog to retrieve a part record with substantially similar part characteristics.
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1. A method for effectively identifying a part based on a plurality of part characteristics that are defined in a non-obvious form with respect to a proprietary supplier catalog where those characteristics are defined using different structure, standard, and nomenclature, the method comprising:
identifying a supplier part number in the proprietary supplier catalog using the plurality of part characteristics. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for effectively identifying a part based on a plurality of part characteristics that are defined in a non-obvious form with respect to a proprietary supplier catalog where those characteristics are defined using different structure, standard, and nomenclature, the system comprising:
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a server including a processor; and a computer-readable medium in communication with the server, the computer-readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations including identifying a supplier part number in the proprietary supplier catalog using the plurality of part characteristics. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method for effectively identifying a part based on a plurality of part characteristics that are defined in a non-obvious form with respect to a proprietary supplier catalog where those characteristics are defined using different structure, standard, and nomenclature, the method comprising:
identifying a supplier part number in the proprietary supplier catalog using the plurality of part characteristics. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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