Patent ID: 8364563
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for standardizing accounting of disposables, the method comprising the acts of: providing, by a computer system, at least one disposable material template for a project, wherein the act of providing at least one disposable material template for the project includes an act of providing at least one predefined quantity for a disposable item used in the project, wherein the disposable item is associated with an automobile part undergoing repair; providing an interface configured to generate an invoice associated with the project, wherein the user interface is further configured to accept user input associated with a repair project; receiving, by the computer system, input information associated with the project, including an automobile part to repair; selecting the at least one disposable material template in response to user input to identify at least one automobile part to be repaired, wherein the at least one disposable material template defines a plurality of disposable items and a quantity associated with each of the plurality of disposable items, wherein the plurality of disposable items are used to effect the repair of a vehicle with the at least one automobile part, and wherein the plurality of disposable items are disposed during the course of one or more repairs of the at least one automobile part for one or more vehicles; restricting access to the at least one disposable material template, wherein the act of restricting access to the at least one disposable material template includes an act of limiting, by the computer system, alteration of the quantities associated with the plurality of disposable items; calculating, automatically, cost of the repair, based, at least in part, on the selected disposable items to be used for the repair from the selected disposable material templates; and displaying a repair cost to the user and displaying the selected disposable items to be used for the repair.