Product fix-effectiveness tracking and notification system and method
First Claim
1. A method of tracking the effectiveness of a product modification that has been incorporated into a product in response to an issued modification notice, the method comprising the steps of:
- periodically accessing, via a computer and at a user-selected periodicity, removal data stored in a product removal database that is in operable communication with the computer, the removal data associated with the product into which the modification was incorporated;
executing one or more user-selected fix-effectiveness algorithms on the computer to determine if at least a portion of the periodically accessed removal data matches one or more user-specified keywords that correlate to the modification; and
transmitting an alert from the computer to a preset destination if it is determined that at least a portion of the periodically accessed removal data matches the one or more user-specified keywords,wherein;
the user-selected periodicity is selected from a plurality of user-selectable periodicities that were rendered on a display by the computer, andthe one or more user-selected fix-effectiveness algorithms are selected from a plurality of user-selectable algorithms that were rendered on the display by the computer.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for tracking the effectiveness of a modification that has been installed into a product in response to an issued modification notice. A product removal database having removal data stored therein that are associated with one or more products is periodically accessed at a user-specified periodicity. One or more user-selected fix-effectiveness algorithms are executed to determine if at least a portion of the periodically accessed removal data matches one or more user-specified keywords that correlate to the modification. If it is determined that at least a portion of the periodically accessed removal data matches the one or more user-specified keywords, then an alert is transmitted to a preset destination.
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8 Claims
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1. A method of tracking the effectiveness of a product modification that has been incorporated into a product in response to an issued modification notice, the method comprising the steps of:
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periodically accessing, via a computer and at a user-selected periodicity, removal data stored in a product removal database that is in operable communication with the computer, the removal data associated with the product into which the modification was incorporated; executing one or more user-selected fix-effectiveness algorithms on the computer to determine if at least a portion of the periodically accessed removal data matches one or more user-specified keywords that correlate to the modification; and transmitting an alert from the computer to a preset destination if it is determined that at least a portion of the periodically accessed removal data matches the one or more user-specified keywords, wherein; the user-selected periodicity is selected from a plurality of user-selectable periodicities that were rendered on a display by the computer, and the one or more user-selected fix-effectiveness algorithms are selected from a plurality of user-selectable algorithms that were rendered on the display by the computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A system for tracking product reliability, comprising:
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a display configured to at least selectively render a plurality of user-selectable periodicities and a plurality of user selectable fix-effectiveness algorithms; a product removal database having removal data stored therein, the removal data associated with a product; and a processor in operable communication with the display device and the product removal database, the processor configured to; periodically access, at a user-selected periodicity that was selected from the plurality of user-selectable periodicities rendered on the display, removal data stored in the product removal database, the removal data associated with a product into which a modification was incorporated, execute one or more user-selected fix-effectiveness algorithms selected from the plurality of user-selectable fix-effectiveness algorithms rendered on the display to determine if at least a portion of the periodically accessed removal data matches one or more user-specified keywords that correlate to the modification, and transmit an alert to a preset destination if it is determined that at least a portion of the periodically accessed removal data matches the one or more user-specified keywords. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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