Patent ID: 7890377

Claim:
A method for producing an order for a hearing device by an ordering apparatus having a table storage unit and a comparing and selecting unit, comprising: defining a hearing device as intended to be ordered by an intended combination of a multitude of data elements; automatically providing and storing information in said table storage unit, comprising at least a predominant part of possible combinations of data elements defining a hearing device and, assigned to such combinations, respective weighting values depending on the frequency with which a hearing device has been previously ordered with the respectively assigned combination; automatically comparing, by said comparing and selecting unit, said intended combination with said stored combinations thereby selecting stored combinations which agree with said intended combination by at least a predetermined number of data elements; grouping said selected combinations in an order dependent on said weighting values of said selected combinations; dispatching said selected combinations grouped; defining the hearing device to be ordered by producing an order with an order combination of data elements in dependency of said dispatched combinations; and updating said information by the occurrence of said order with said order combination.