Patent ID: 9390009
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: G05B,G06F,G06N,G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A method of using a computer system to map a first set of configuration rules to a second set of configuration rules, wherein each of the configuration rules includes a set of parts of a product, the first set of configuration rules includes a first configuration rule and the second set of configuration rules includes a second configuration rule, the method comprising: accessing, from a first memory, multiple, part-to-part mapping rules; combining the multiple, part-to-part mapping rules into a consolidated configuration mapping rule that maps parts in the first configuration rule to parts in the second configuration rule; storing the consolidated configuration mapping rule in a second memory; and facilitating application of the consolidated configuration mapping rule by a processing engine to generate data corresponding to the product associated with the consolidated configuration mapping rule.