Patent ID: 6484169
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of supplying product information to a user by means of a computer interface comprising the steps of:a) supplying a list of product choices and a means for a user to select one or more items from the list of product choices; b) responding to the user selection of the one or more items by providing a number of product options concerning one or more characteristics of the product and allowing the user to choose from said product options; c) updating an available products database based on manufacturing criteria, including raw material availability and plant capacity; d) based on the user chosen product characteristics, searching the available products database for one or more products that produce a best fit to the user chosen product characteristics with product characteristics in the available products database and conveying the results of said search to the user; and e) said searching comprising the steps of assigning weights to said one or more characteristics and assigning a match score based on the user choices.