Patent ID: 8935286
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A parts management system, the system comprising: a storage device; a database of codes stored in the storage device, wherein the codes in the database are associated with parts in which each of the codes comprises a corresponding plurality of identifiers strung together, wherein, for each of the plurality of identifiers, a given identifier in a particular string comprises a different type of identifier for a corresponding part relative to other identifiers in the particular string, the particular string being for a particular code in the codes; and a computer system configured to receive a number of identifiers for an unidentified part; determine if the number of identifiers sufficiently matches a number of identifiers in the particular string, wherein sufficiently matching comprises at least one of the number of identifiers matching at least one particular identifier in the particular string; the computer system being further configured to identify the unidentified part as an identified part based on sufficiently matching; and access a repository storing related information for the identified part; wherein, when the number of identifiers does not sufficiently match, the computer system is configured to obtain a portion of the related information associated with a number of codes containing the number of identifiers; wherein the computer system is configured to display at least a portion of the information in the portion of the related information obtained using the number of codes in a desired format; wherein, when a user input provides a new number of identifiers, the computer system is configured to determine if the new number of identifiers sufficiently matches the number of identifiers in the particular string; wherein, when the user input does not provide a new number of identifiers, the computer system is configured to determine if the user input identifies the unidentified part based on the information displayed; and wherein, when the user input identifies the unidentified part, the computer system is configured to search the repository for the related information and display the related information.