Patent ID: 7004402

Claim:
A system for monitoring and configuring a material application system of the type that uses different material application components including an application device such as a gun and a material delivery device such as a pump, the system comprising: a user input device remotely located from a manufacturer's site for the system, the manufacturer's site being a site from which material application components including guns and pumps for a material application system may be ordered, purchased or manufactured; one or more customer sites each having at least one respective material application system thereat, said customer site being remotely located from said manufacturer's site; a manufacturer's database that is accessible over a communication network; a customer specific database that is accessible by said user input device over said network; wherein manufacturer system users at said manufacturer's site and customer system users at said customer's site have access to said customer specific database; said customer specific database comprising information relating to said material applications systems at said customer sites; a configurator module accessible by said user input device via said network; said configurator module presenting a menu of material application component selection options based on input data from said user input device; said input data comprising material application system criteria and at least a choice of first and second guns and first and second pumps; said configurator module verifying component compatibility to configure a valid material application system from said selected gun and pump material application components; an application monitor module that receive operating data from a material application system at a customer site and that is accessible over said network: and a remote access module that allows a system user to access said operating data.