Systems for simulating joining operations using mobile devices

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising machine readable instructions which, when executed by processing circuitry, cause the processing circuitry to:

• identify one or more authorized welding tools associated with a user in the database via one or more first queries of the database,
• determine whether the one or more authorized welding tools include a particular welding tool identified by the user,
• in response to determining the one or more authorized welding tools does include the particular welding tool, send one or more confirmation signals from the server to the welding simulator,
• in response to determining the one or more authorized welding tools does not include the particular welding tool, determine, via one or more second queries of the database, whether a license associated with the user permits the user to add additional welding tools to the one or more authorized welding tools,
• in response to determining the user is permitted to add additional welding tools, update the database to add the particular welding tool to the one or more authorized welding tools associated with the user in the database, and send one or more confirmation signals from the server to the welding simulator, and
• in response to determining the user is not permitted to add additional welding tools to the license, send one or more denial signals from the server to the welding simulator.

A method, comprising:

• receiving, at a server, one or more tool signals representative of tool information that can be used to identify a welding tool, and one or more user signals representative of user information that can be used to identify a user;
• identifying, using processing circuitry of the server, the user and the welding tool based on the tool information and user information;
• identifying, using the processing circuitry of the server and one or more first queries of a first database, one or more authorized welding tools associated with the user in the first database;
• determining, using the processing circuitry of the server, whether the one or more authorized welding tools include the welding tool;
• in response to determining the one or more authorized welding tools does include the welding tool, sending one or more confirmation signals from the server to the welding simulator;
• in response to determining the one or more authorized welding tools does not include the welding tool, determining, using the processing circuitry of the server and one or more second queries of the first database or a second database, whether a license associated with the user permits the user to add additional welding tools to the one or more authorized welding tools;
• in response to determining the user is permitted to add additional welding tools, updating the first database, using the processing circuitry of the server, to add the welding tool to the one or more authorized welding tools associated with the user in the first database, and sending one or more confirmation signals from the server to the welding simulator;
• and
• in response to determining the user is not permitted to add additional welding tools to the license, sending one or more denial signals from the server to the welding simulator.