Patent ID: 7979313

Claim:
A parts usage comparison system for buying and selling parts, the system comprising: at least one parts database storing part information corresponding to a plurality of new and used parts, the part information comprising existing new, used and reman parts inventory of a plurality of third party sellers; a processor coupled to the parts database, the processor configured to receive the part information, store the information in the database, and process information in the database; and a software interface in electronic communication with the processor; wherein: the software interface is configured to receive input of requested parts from a plurality of third party buyers, the processor is further configured to process the input of requested parts and determine matches of the requested parts and the part information, and the software interface is further configured to display all matching part information corresponding to the input of requested parts, wherein the input of requested parts comprises at least one of gold mine matches, matching seller data with gold mine information exported in a spreadsheet, matching the seller data with the gold mine information exported in a postcard, and matching the seller data with the gold mine information exported in a text file, wherein a goldmine file must contain the following thirteen fields in the order specified: 1) date sent, 2) email of sender, 3) person sourced for, 4) company sourced for, 5) email sourced for, 6) phone sourced for, 7) fax sourced for, 8) type of customer, 9) manufacturer, 10) quantity, 11) part number, 12) description and 13) model.