Patent Document ID: 20160328771
Application ID: 14704636
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A computer implemented method for processing a search request for part numbers of a configurable product, the method comprising: displaying a user interface configured to receive a user input search request for the part numbers of the configurable product; receiving, via the user interface, the user input search request defining one or more configurable properties of the configurable product; analyzing the user input search request to determine entities present in a database matching the one or more configurable properties of the user input search request; determining virtual families stored in the database including the entities, each virtual family including one or more independent groups defining (1) configurable properties of the configurable product and (2) part number positions of the part number corresponding to the configurable properties, each independent group including part number positions of the part number for characters, number and/or symbols that do not depend on characters, number and/or symbols at part number positions of other independent groups; based on the determined virtual families including the entities, calculating total number of matching products; determining the part numbers of the configurable product matching the user input search request, wherein the part numbers are determined based on allowed characters, number and/or symbols for the part number positions defined in the independent groups of the virtual families including the entities matching the one or more configurable properties of the user input search request; and displaying, in the user interface, a list of part numbers determined to match the user input search request.