Patent ID: 8495088
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: G06Q,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for determining the availability of a substitution part, the method comprising: receiving an input model identifier; retrieving from a first memory device, in response to the receiving of the input model identifier, a part identifier associated with the model identifier, wherein the first memory device is a first tangible computer-readable medium; retrieving from a second memory device, in response to the receiving of the part identifier, a support part identifier associated with the part identifier, wherein the second memory device is a second tangible computer-readable medium; querying a database for the availability of a part corresponding to the part identifier and for the availability of a support part corresponding to the support part identifier; and indicating to a user the part identifier and the support part identifier associated with the input model identifier in the event the querying indicates that both the part and the support part are available, wherein the indicating to a user the part identifier and the support part identifier associated with the input model identifier further comprises indicating to the user the part identifier and the support part identifier only if both the part identifier and the support part identifier associated with the part identifier are available.