Patent ID: 8115138

Claim:
A system, comprising: a welder, comprising: a storage component that stores a first welding procedure with a first manufacturer-defined default name and a second welding procedure with a second manufacturer-defined default name, wherein the first welding procedure and the second welding procedure comprise at least one parameter and at least one limit for the at least one parameter; a user interface component that renders at least one of the first manufacturer-defined default name and the first welding procedure or the second manufacturer-defined default name and the second welding procedure; and a modification component coupled to the user interface component that: receives an input comprising a user-defined name to replace at least one of the first manufacturer-defined default name or the second manufacturer-defined default name; and overrides at least one of the first manufacturer-defined default name or the second manufacturer-defined default name with the user-defined name; and an interactive configuration tool, at a remote location external to the welder, that renders at least the first manufacturer-defined default name and the second manufacturer-defined default name, receives a selection of the first manufacturer-defined default name or the second manufacturer-defined default name, receives an input comprising the user-defined name, and sends the user-defined name to the modification component, wherein the user interface component renders at least the user-defined name and at least one of the first welding procedure or the second welding procedure.