Patent ID: 6871198
Filing Date: 2005-03-22
Classification: G06F,G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for adding an item to an electronic catalog comprising: identifying a base item; identifying a part number for the base item; Breaking the part number into sections, each section. Corresponding to an attribute of the base item; determining which of the part number sections relate to configurable attributes of the base item; listing a plurality of selectable part number section values for the configurable attributes; listing descriptive information for each of the selectable part number section values; linking the descriptive information to the corresponding selectable part number section value; generating a part number formula to define the configurable sections and associate configurable sections to the corresponding list of values; generating a description formula to define a configurable description and associate descriptive information with corresponding configurable selectable part number values; and adding the base item part number, values list, descriptive information list, part number formula and description formula to an electronic catalog.