Method of identifying fluid purification equipment which is optimized for individual fluid purification systems
First Claim
1. A method for identifying fluid purification equipment which is optimized for use in a particular fluid purification system, which comprises computer implemented steps of:
- providing a relational database of specifications regarding a plurality of fluid purification equipment components;
through an interactive interface, receiving user responses to a series of sequential inquiries, said inquiries piecewise eliciting from a user a set of defining information regarding said particular fluid purification system, each subsequent inquiry in the series being dependent on user responses to previous inquiries in the series, the set of defining information including operating parameters of said particular fluid purification system;
from across the whole series of sequential inquiries, forming the set of defining information from received user responses; and
using said formed set of defining information, searching specifications of said database in a manner that automatically identifies for the user a fluid purification equipment package in its entirety that is formed of a resultant set of one or more of the plurality of fluid purification equipment components from the specifications in the database, the resultant set of one or more identified components capable of being assembled to form fluid purification equipment in a manner specific to said particular fluid purification system as set forth by the set of defining information and operated to substantially satisfy the operating parameters therein for optimized fluid purification, the automatic identification of the fluid purification equipment package being performed in a manner free of user selection from and interaction with lists of individual components in the interactive interface.
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Abstract
An interactive method and apparatus are disclosed through which a fluid purification system operator inputs the system'"'"'s parameters and the method then identifies one or more fluid purification equipment packages which will be optimized at the component level to the operator'"'"'s specific requirements. The invention includes a relational database containing data on fluid purification equipment, the components thereof and ancillary equipment, and associated operational software to which the operator gains access through a computer and which then presents to the operator a series of questions relevant to gas purification equipment and system requirements. The questions are such that the responses elicited from the operator for each question determine what the successive questions will be and what optimal components will be identified. The software and databases may be in memory on the computer, embodied on CDs or DVDs run by the computer, or accessed through the Internet.
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1. A method for identifying fluid purification equipment which is optimized for use in a particular fluid purification system, which comprises computer implemented steps of:
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providing a relational database of specifications regarding a plurality of fluid purification equipment components; through an interactive interface, receiving user responses to a series of sequential inquiries, said inquiries piecewise eliciting from a user a set of defining information regarding said particular fluid purification system, each subsequent inquiry in the series being dependent on user responses to previous inquiries in the series, the set of defining information including operating parameters of said particular fluid purification system; from across the whole series of sequential inquiries, forming the set of defining information from received user responses; and using said formed set of defining information, searching specifications of said database in a manner that automatically identifies for the user a fluid purification equipment package in its entirety that is formed of a resultant set of one or more of the plurality of fluid purification equipment components from the specifications in the database, the resultant set of one or more identified components capable of being assembled to form fluid purification equipment in a manner specific to said particular fluid purification system as set forth by the set of defining information and operated to substantially satisfy the operating parameters therein for optimized fluid purification, the automatic identification of the fluid purification equipment package being performed in a manner free of user selection from and interaction with lists of individual components in the interactive interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method for identifying fluid purification equipment which is optimized for use in a particular fluid purification system, the method comprising the computer implemented steps of:
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providing a relational database of specifications regarding a plurality of fluid purification equipment components; through an interactive interface receiving user responses to a series of sequential inquiries, said inquiries piecewise eliciting a set of defining information regarding said particular fluid purification system, each subsequent inquiry in the series being dependent on user responses to previous inquiries in the series, the set of defining information including operating parameters of said particular fluid purification system; from across the received user responses, obtaining the set of defining information; using said obtained set of defining information, accessing the database and automatically identifying for a user a fluid purification equipment package in its entirety, said fluid purification equipment package being formed of a resultant set of one or more of the plurality of fluid purification equipment components from the specifications in the database, the resultant set of one or more identified components capable of being assembled to form fluid purification equipment in a manner specific to said particular fluid purification system according to the set of defining information and operated to substantially satisfy the operating parameters therein for optimized fluid purification, the automatic identification of the fluid purification equipment package being performed in a manner free of user selection from and interaction with lists of individual fluid purification equipment components in the interactive interface; and providing an option to purchase said automatically identified fluid purification equipment package.
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28. A computer-implemented method for identifying fluid purification equipment which is optimized for use in a particular fluid purification system, which comprises:
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providing a relational database of specifications regarding a plurality of fluid purification equipment components; through an interactive interface, providing a series of sequential inquiries to a user, each subsequent inquiry in the series being dependent on user responses to previous inquiries in the series, said series piecewise eliciting a body of defining information regarding said particular fluid purification system, the body of defining information including operating parameters of said particular fluid purification system; receiving user responses to the series of sequential inquiries and therefrom forming said body of defining information; and using said formed body of defining information to retrieve specifications from the database and therefrom automatically identifying for a user one or more fluid purification equipment packages each in its entirety, each identified fluid purification equipment package being formed of a respective resultant set of one or more of the plurality of fluid purification equipment components from the specifications in the database, the resultant set of one or more identified components capable of being assembled to form fluid purification equipment in a manner specific to said particular fluid purification system as defined by the body of defining information and operated to substantially satisfy the operating parameters therein for optimized fluid purification, the automatic identification of the fluid purification equipment packages being performed in a manner free of user selection from and interaction with lists of individual fluid purification equipment components in the interactive interface.
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