Systems and methods to utilize smart components

Al method to facilitate a diagnosis of a complex failure in a vehicle, the method comprising:

• receiving a maintenance message, over a network, from a mobile device, the maintenance message being received by a network-based marketplace, the maintenance message being associated with a first user and including part log information including a timestamp and characterization information, the characterization information being received by the mobile device from a component in the vehicle, the component including a sensor that senses a first part assembled into the vehicle, the component to generate the characterization information based on a sense of the first part, as sensed by the sensor, and to communicate the characterization information to the mobile device;
• identifying user profile information, at the network-based marketplace, based on the maintenance message, the user profile information being associated with the first user on the network-based marketplace and the mobile device;
• storing the part log information in the user profile information at the network-based marketplace;
• comparing the part log information corresponding to the first part in the user profile information, at the network-based marketplace, with corresponding part maintenance information to generate a service level for the first part;
• receiving a triggering event, at the network-based marketplace, the triggering event including the maintenance message;
• and
• processing the triggering event responsive to receiving the triggering event, the processing the triggering event including identifying sub-system processing rules based on the triggering event and executing the sub-system processing rules, the sub-system processing rules causing a smart component engine to perform operations comprising:
• identifying a first sub-system from a plurality of sub-systems, the first sub-system including a plurality of parts comprised of a plurality of different part types and scanning each part of the plurality of parts to retrieve characterization information from the plurality of parts to identify original equipment authentication information, the identifying and scanning being responsive to identifying the service level for the first part as indicating an increase in a likelihood of failure of the first part,
• registering in a database at least one part of the plurality of parts as not being original equipment by utilizing at least one public key to decrypt a portion of the characterization information retrieved from the plurality of parts, and
• communicating a user interface, over the network, to the mobile device, the user interface including original equipment authentic information to facilitate a diagnosis of a complex failure in the vehicle.

A machine-readable hardware storage device having no transitory signals storing a set of instructions that, when executed by a processor of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a maintenance message, over a network, from a mobile device, the maintenance message being received by a network-based marketplace, the maintenance message being associated with a first user and including part log information including a timestamp and characterization information, the characterization information being received by the mobile device from a component in a vehicle, the component including a sensor that senses a first part assembled into the vehicle, the component to generate the characterization information based on a sense of the first part, as sensed by the sensor, and to communicate the characterization information to the mobile device;
• identifying user profile information, at the network-based marketplace, based on the maintenance message, the user profile information being associated with the first user on the network-based marketplace and the mobile device;
• storing the part log information in the user profile information at the network-based marketplace;
• comparing the part log information corresponding to the first part in the user profile information, at the network-based marketplace, with corresponding part maintenance information to generate a service level for the first part;
• receiving a triggering event, at the network-based marketplace, the triggering event including the maintenance message;
• and
• processing the triggering event responsive to receiving the triggering event, the processing the triggering event including identifying sub-system processing rules based on the triggering event and executing the sub-system processing rules, the sub-system processing rules causing a smart component engine to perform operations comprising:
• identifying a first sub-system from a plurality of sub-systems, the first sub-system including a plurality of parts comprised of a plurality of different part types and scanning each part of the plurality of parts to retrieve characterization information from the plurality of parts to identify original equipment authentication information, the identifying and scanning being responsive to identifying the service level for the first part as indicating an increase in a likelihood of failure of the first part,
• registering in a database at least one part of the plurality of parts as not being original equipment by utilizing at least one public key to decrypt a portion of the characterization information retrieved from the plurality of parts, and
• communicating a user interface, over the network, to the mobile device, the user interface including original equipment authentic information to facilitate a diagnosis of a complex failure in the vehicle.