Patent ID: 6865524
Filing Date: 2005-03-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for determining selectable attribute values of attributes to allow for specification of appropriate configurations of the products of an assembly by initially determining valid attribute value combinations for said products from consideration of rule sets, wherein said rule sets contain rules specifying the interrelation of said attribute values within a product or between two or more products, in a system comprising a processor, said method comprising the steps of: providing a first rule set from a plurality of internal rule sets, comprising rules defining a plurality of valid attribute value combinations for each of a plurality of attributes; modifying said working set to comprise an updated set of selectable attribute values comprising, removing said attribute value from said working set, if an attribute value is present in said working set and said first indicator is not associated with said attribute value, and adding said attribute value to said working set, if an attribute value is not present in said working set and said first indicator is associated with said attribute value;