Component obsolescence registry
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1. A computer method for providing component obsolescence information online in a global computer network, comprising:
- providing an electronic obsolescence registry, online in a global computer network, for holding component obsolescence information, the electronic obsolescence registry having different entries for different pieces of the component obsolescence information;
employing component-specific indices in the different entries in the electronic obsolescence registry;
for a respective one of the component-specific indices, authorizing a given user to maintain the respective component-specific index based on the given user'"'"'s association to a certain component corresponding to the respective component-specific index;
enabling the given user, in the global computer network, to create an entry corresponding to the respective component-specific index in the electronic obsolescence registry, while enabling end-users, in the global computer network, to create one or more entries in the electronic obsolescence registry;
enabling the given user and end-users, in the global computer network, to search the electronic obsolescence registry for component obsolescence information relating to components using one or more component-specific indices;
wherein global access is provided to the given user and end-users to access component obsolescence information from different sources in the electronic obsolescence registry online, such that the given user and end-users each use component-specific indices to access the electronic obsolescence registry online in the global computer network; and
analyzing a plurality of entries having similar component-specific indices and predicting obsolescence status of the certain component corresponding to respective component-specific indices maintained by authorized given users associated to the certain component.
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Abstract
An electronic obsolescence registry holds network user-searchable obsolescence information. End users and component manufacturers can post obsolescence information using hashtags to it. The registry has different entries for different pieces of component obsolescence information. Each entry employs a respective component specific hashtag. End-users search the registry for component obsolescence information relating to a certain component by using one or more hashtags associated with the certain component.
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1. A computer method for providing component obsolescence information online in a global computer network, comprising:
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providing an electronic obsolescence registry, online in a global computer network, for holding component obsolescence information, the electronic obsolescence registry having different entries for different pieces of the component obsolescence information; employing component-specific indices in the different entries in the electronic obsolescence registry; for a respective one of the component-specific indices, authorizing a given user to maintain the respective component-specific index based on the given user'"'"'s association to a certain component corresponding to the respective component-specific index; enabling the given user, in the global computer network, to create an entry corresponding to the respective component-specific index in the electronic obsolescence registry, while enabling end-users, in the global computer network, to create one or more entries in the electronic obsolescence registry; enabling the given user and end-users, in the global computer network, to search the electronic obsolescence registry for component obsolescence information relating to components using one or more component-specific indices; wherein global access is provided to the given user and end-users to access component obsolescence information from different sources in the electronic obsolescence registry online, such that the given user and end-users each use component-specific indices to access the electronic obsolescence registry online in the global computer network; and analyzing a plurality of entries having similar component-specific indices and predicting obsolescence status of the certain component corresponding to respective component-specific indices maintained by authorized given users associated to the certain component. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer system providing component obsolescence information online in a global computer network, comprising:
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one or more hardware processors configured to implement; an electronic obsolescence registry, online in a global computer network, for holding component obsolescence information, the electronic obsolescence registry; having different entries for different pieces of the component obsolescence information, different entries employing different component-specific indices; and for a respective one of the component-specific indices, a given user being authorized to maintain the respective component-specific index based on the given user'"'"'s association to a certain component corresponding to the respective component-specific index; an entry creation module enabling the given user, in the global computer network, to create an entry corresponding to the respective component-specific index in the electronic obsolescence registry, while enabling end-users, in the global computer network, to create one or more entries in the electronic obsolescence registry; a search engine module enabling the given user and end-users, in the global computer network, to search the electronic obsolescence registry for component obsolescence information relating to components using one or more component-specific indices; wherein global access is provided to the given user and end-users to access component obsolescence information from different sources in the electronic obsolescence registry online, such that the given user and end-users each use component-specific indices to access the electronic obsolescence registry online in the global computer network; and the search engine module further analyzing a plurality of entries having similar component-specific indices and predicting obsolescence status of the certain component corresponding to respective component-specific indices maintained by authorized given users associated to the certain component. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer program product comprising:
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a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having thereon a computer program and computer program code embodied on the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium supporting execution of the computer program by a processor and causing the processor to; provide, online in a global computer network, an electronic obsolescence registry for holding component obsolescence information, the electronic obsolescence registry having different entries for different pieces of the component obsolescence information; employ component specific indices in the different entries in the electronic obsolescence registry; for a respective one of the component-specific indices, authorize a given user to maintain the respective component-specific index based on the given user'"'"'s association to a certain component corresponding to the respective component-specific index; enable the given user, in the global computer network, to create an entry corresponding to the respective component-specific index in the electronic obsolescence registry using a component-specific index, while enabling end-users, in the global computer network, to create one or more entries in the electronic obsolescence registry; and enable the given user and end-users, in the global computer network, to search the electronic obsolescence registry for component obsolescence information relating to components using one or more component-specific indices; wherein global access is provided to the given user and end-users to access component obsolescence information from different sources in the electronic obsolescence registry online, such that the given user and end-users each use component-specific indices to access the electronic obsolescence registry online in the global computer network; and analyze a plurality of entries having similar component-specific indices and predict obsolescence status of the certain component corresponding to respective component-specific indices maintained by authorized given users associated to the certain component.
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