Method and system for recommending electronic component connectivity configurations and other information
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for providing recommendations to a user of electronic components, comprising:
- providing a user interface display for displaying data representing at least a group of predetermined user-selectable electronic components;
receiving data representing a user-selected subset of electronic components from said group of predetermined user-selectable electronic components;
retrieving from a memory storage device attributes associated with each component of said user-selected subset of electronic components;
comparing said data representing said user-selected subset of electronic components with said associated attributes to determine a wiring configuration of said user-selected components suitably connecting said user-selected components; and
presenting data recommending said wiring configuration to the user.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method and system for recommending electronic component connectivity configurations and marketing information to users of certain electronic equipment based upon information received from the user. The method includes providing a user interface display containing data representing a group of predetermined user-selectable electronic components, receiving data representing a user-selected subset of electronic components from the group of predetermined user-selectable electronic components, retrieving from a database attributes associated with each component of the subset of electronic components, comparing the subset of electronic components with the associated attributes to determine an appropriate component configuration, and presenting data representing the electronic component configuration to the user.
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63 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for providing recommendations to a user of electronic components, comprising:
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providing a user interface display for displaying data representing at least a group of predetermined user-selectable electronic components; receiving data representing a user-selected subset of electronic components from said group of predetermined user-selectable electronic components; retrieving from a memory storage device attributes associated with each component of said user-selected subset of electronic components; comparing said data representing said user-selected subset of electronic components with said associated attributes to determine a wiring configuration of said user-selected components suitably connecting said user-selected components; and presenting data recommending said wiring configuration to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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18. A computer-implemented method for providing recommendations to a user of electronic components through a vendor web site accessible over a computer network by a plurality of users, the users having user computers connected to the computer network for accessing the vendor web site, comprising:
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providing a vendor/user interactive web site containing data representing at least a group of predetermined user-selectable electronic components; receiving, electronically forwarded via the computer network, data representing a user-selected subset of electronic components from said group of predetermined user-selectable electronic components; storing said data representing said user-selected subset of electronic components into an object-oriented database; identifying each of said user-selected subset of electronic components with its associated technical attributes; comparing said technical attributes of said user-selected subset of electronic components to determine a wiring configuration appropriately connecting said user-selected components; and electronically forwarding to the user, via the computer network, data recommending said wiring configuration. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 32)
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28. In a computer system for providing recommendations from a vendor computer to a user computer through a vendor web site accessible over a computer network by a plurality of users, the users having user computers connected to a computer network for accessing the vendor web site, a graphical electronic component generating system comprising:
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a graphical electronic component generation program executable on the vendor computer and containing instructions for causing the vendor computer to generate an interactive vendor graphical electronic component display that represents the vendor'"'"'s electronic components and interactively guides a user through the vendor computer web site; said graphical electronic component generation program being operative to send display commands to said user computer when said user computer has accessed the vendor web site causing said user computer to display on a display device associated with the user computer said interactive vendor electronic components for selection by the user; and said graphical electronic component generation program receiving data representing a user-selected subset of electronic components from said interactive vendor electronic components for selection by the user such that a proposed wiring configuration of said user-selected electronic components appropriately connecting said user-selected electronic components is presented to the user. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A computer-implemented method for providing recommendations to a user of electronic components, comprising:
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providing, from an object-oriented database, a user interface display containing data representing at least a group of predetermined user-selectable electronic components; receiving data representing a user-selected subset of electronic components from said group of predetermined user-selectable electronic components; retrieving, from an electronic component attribute gathering module, attributes associated with each electronic component of said user-selected subset of electronic components; transferring said user-selected subset of electronic components and said associated attributes to an analysis engine having a rules database; analyzing said user-selected subset of electronic components and said associated attributes to determine a wiring configuration of said user-selected components suitably connecting said user-selected components; and presenting data recommending said wiring configuration to the user. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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55. A computer-implemented method for providing recommendations to a user of electronic components, comprising:
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providing a graphical user interface display containing data representing at least a group of predetermined user-selectable electronic components, each electronic component from said group of predetermined user-selectable electronic components being associated with its own dialog box; receiving data representing a user-selected subset of electronic components from said group of predetermined user-selectable electronic components; retrieving from a memory storage device attributes associated with each component of said user-selected subset of electronic components; comparing said user-selected subset of electronic components and said associated attributes to determine a wiring configuration suitably connecting said user-selected components; and presenting data recommending said wiring configuration to the user. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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62. A computer-implemented method for determining a wiring configuration of a set of electronic components, comprising:
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providing an analysis engine; providing a rules database containing logic rules; analyzing known attributes of said set of electronic components; applying rules from said rules database to determine a wiring configuration of said user-selected components appropriately connecting said user-selected components, and presenting data recommending said wiring configuration to the user. - View Dependent Claims (63)
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