Patent ID: 7537158

Claim:
A method for identifying product compatibility comprising: retrieving product information for a plurality of products via at least one of a first storage device or a second storage device, the plurality of products including at least a first product and a second product; storing the product information for the plurality of products on at least one of the first storage device or the second storage device; identifying the first product and the second product as members of a collection of compatible products via at least one of the first storage device or the second storage device, each of the members of the collection of compatible products including a design code; aggregating the design codes of each of the members of the collection of compatible products via a server; creating a collection code for the collection of compatible products from an aggregation of the design codes of each of the members of the collection of compatible products via at least one of the first storage device or the second storage device; assigning the collection code to all members of the collection of compatible products; comparing the first product to the second product via an application on at least one of the first storage device or the second storage device, further including: comparing a first product collection code to a second product collection code; determining whether the first product and the second product are members of the collection of compatible products via at least one of the first storage device or the second storage device; and providing a result of the determining whether the first product and the second product are members of the collection of compatible products via a display on at least one of the first storage device or the second storage device.