Patent ID: 7376489
Filing Date: 2008-05-20
Classification: C01B,G06Q,Y02P,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for identifying fluid purification equipment which is optimized for use in a particular fluid purification system, which comprises computer implemented steps of: providing a relational database of specifications regarding a plurality of fluid purification equipment components; through an interactive interface, receiving user responses to a series of sequential inquiries, said inquiries piecewise eliciting from a user a set of defining information regarding said particular fluid purification system, each subsequent inquiry in the series being dependent on user responses to previous inquiries in the series, the set of defining information including operating parameters of said particular fluid purification system; from across the whole series of sequential inquiries, forming the set of defining information from received user responses; and using said formed set of defining information, searching specifications of said database in a manner that automatically identifies for the user a fluid purification equipment package in its entirety that is formed of a resultant set of one or more of the plurality of fluid purification equipment components from the specifications in the database, the resultant set of one or more identified components capable of being assembled to form fluid purification equipment in a manner specific to said particular fluid purification system as set forth by the set of defining information and operated to substantially satisfy the operating parameters therein for optimized fluid purification, the automatic identification of the fluid purification equipment package being performed in a manner free of user selection from and interaction with lists of individual components in the interactive interface.