METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING A REPLACEMENT MOTOR

• US 20150242923A1
• Filed: 02/25/2014
• Published: 08/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.
• Inventors: Kreidler, Jason Jon, Varano, Stephen Paul
• Granted Patent: US 10,402,881 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0623 Item investigation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0629 for generating comparisons
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0631 Item recommendations

Abstract

A client computing device comprising an indicia sensor and a processor coupled to the indicia sensor is described. The processor is configured to receive identification data for an original motor through the indicia sensor, identify a replacement motor based at least in part on the identification data, and identify a local seller of the replacement motor based at least in part on a first location associated with the client computing device and a second location associated with the local seller.

Claims

1. A client computing device comprising:

an indicia sensor; and

a processor coupled to said indicia sensor, said processor configured to;

receive identification data for an original motor through said indicia sensor;

query a database to determine a first set of technical specifications stored in association with the identification data for the original motor;

compare the first set of technical specifications of the original motor to a second set of technical specifications stored in the database in association with at least a second motor;

determine that the first set of technical specifications correspond with the second set of technical specifications;

identify the second motor as a replacement motor based at least in part on the identification data and the determination that the first set of technical specifications correspond with the second set of technical specifications; and

identify a local seller of the replacement motor based at least in part on a first location associated with said client computing device and a second location associated with the local seller.

2. The client computing device of claim 1, wherein said processor is further configured to:

obtain an image of indicia on the original motor; and

perform optical character recognition on the obtained image.

3. The client computing device of claim 1, wherein said processor is further configured to compare the first set of technical specifications with the second set of technical specifications by comparing a first torque to a second torque, a first power to a second power, and a first speed to a second speed.

4. The client computing device of claim 1, wherein said processor is configured to:

obtain an image of indicia on the original motor; and

transmit the obtained image to a computing device associated with the local seller.

5. The client computing device of claim 1, wherein said client computing device further comprises a global positioning system (GPS) component and said processor is further configured to determine the first location of said client computing device using said GPS component.

6. The client computing device of claim 1, wherein said processor is further configured to transmit an order for the replacement motor to a computing device associated with the local seller.

7. The client computing device of claim 1, wherein the original motor is associated with a first brand and said processor is further configured to identify a replacement motor by identifying a replacement motor associated with a second brand that is different from the first brand.

8. The client computing device of claim 1, wherein said processor is further configured to recommend the local seller based in part on determining that the replacement motor is in stock at the local seller.

9. The client computing device of claim 1, wherein said processor is further configured to identify the local seller of the replacement motor by at least querying the database that correlates the replacement motor with at least one seller and a respective location of the at least one seller.

10. The client computing device of claim 1, wherein said processor is further configured to:

display an option to order the replacement motor;

receive a selection of the option to order the replacement motor; and

transmit an order for the replacement motor to a computing device associated with the local seller.

11. A computer-implemented method for identifying a replacement motor, said method implemented using a client computing device that includes an indicia sensor, said method comprising:

receiving, by the client computing device, identification data for an original motor through the indicia sensor;

querying, by the client computing device, a database to determine a first set of technical specifications stored in association with the identification data for the original motor;

comparing, by the client computing device, the first set of technical specifications of the original motor to a second set of technical specifications stored in the database in association with at least a second motor;

determining, by the client computing device, that the first set of technical specifications correspond with the second set of technical specifications;

identifying, by the client computing device, the second motor as the replacement motor based at least in part on the identification data and the determination that the first set of technical specifications correspond with the second set of technical specifications; and

identifying, by the client computing device, a local seller of the replacement motor based at least in part on a first location associated with the client computing device and a second location associated with the local seller.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, further comprising:

obtaining an image of indicia on the original motor; and

performing optical character recognition on the obtained image.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, further comprising receiving identification data for the original motor through the indicia sensor by scanning a bar code associated with the motor.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, further comprising:

obtaining an image of indicia on the original motor; and

transmitting the obtained image to a computing device associated with the local seller.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the client computing device further includes a global positioning system (GPS) component, said method further comprising determining the first location of the client computing device using the GPS component.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, further comprising transmitting an order for the replacement motor to a computing device associated with the local seller.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the original motor is associated with a first brand, said method further comprising identifying the replacement motor by identifying the replacement motor associated with a second brand that is different from the first brand.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein comparing the first set of technical specifications with the second set of technical specifications further comprises comparing at least one of a first torque to a second torque, a first power to a second power, and a first speed to a second speed.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, further comprising:

displaying an option to order the replacement motor;

receiving a selection of the option to order the replacement motor; and

transmitting an order for the replacement motor to a computing device associated with the local seller.

20. A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, wherein when executed by a client computing device having at least one processor coupled to an indicia sensor, the computer-executable instructions cause the client computing device to:

receive identification data for an original motor through said indicia sensor;

query a database to determine a first set of technical specifications stored in association with the identification data for the original motor;

compare the first set of technical specifications of the original motor to a second set of technical specifications stored in the database in association with at least a second motor;

determine that the first set of technical specifications correspond with the second set of technical specifications;

identify the second motor as a replacement motor based at least in part on the identification data and the determination that the first set of technical specifications correspond with the second set of technical specifications; and

identify a local seller of the replacement motor based at least in part on a first location associated with the client computing device and a second location associated with the local seller.