Patent ID: 8175933
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of placing an order for a sub-component of a product, comprising: displaying a list of a plurality of products on a user system; receiving a user selection of one of the plurality of products from the list to be viewed in an exploded view on the user system; displaying a diagram depicting sub-components of the selected product in an exploded view on the user system, the exploded view showing an assembly drawing of the selected product in which the sub-components are spaced apart from each other in an unassembled state, such that individual characteristics of the sub-components are visible; displaying a materials list on the user system while displaying the exploded view, the materials list listing the sub-components of the selected product in the exploded view together with information concerning the listed sub-components; receiving, while displaying the exploded view and the materials list, a user selection of a sub-component depicted in the diagram to be ordered from the user system; displaying, in the materials list, an order quantity for the selected sub-component, based on the received user selection of the sub-component; determining whether the selected sub-component is available to be ordered; processing the selection of the sub-component to be ordered, in response to determining that the selected sub-component is available to be ordered; and informing the user to obtain the selected sub-component from another source, in response to determining that the selected sub-component is unavailable to he ordered.