Patent ID: 7502721

Claim:
A product design support system that supports a user in designing a product, said system comprising: storage means for storing information about products; and processing means for receiving a predetermined specification of a product to be designed and for selectively extracting said information about said products from said storage means based on compatibility with said specification of said product to be designed, said storage means including: parts-information storage means which stores parts information on parts constituting a product, parts-image-information storage means which stores parts image information on said parts stored in said parts-information storage means, product-information storage means which stores product information on said products, said products formed by said parts stored in said parts-information storage means, and product-image-information storage means which stores product image information on said products stored in said product-information storage means, and said processing means including: specification acquisition means which acquires specification information designating said specification of said product to be designed, compatible-product-information extraction means which extracts from said storage means said information on said products compatible with said specification designated by said specification information acquired by said specification acquisition means and/or information on parts to be constituting elements of said products compatible with said specification, and information transmission means which transmits information extracted by said compatible-product-information extraction means to a user terminal of said user, wherein said system collectively manages information on said product to be designed to facilitate designing of said product.