Techniques for configurable part generation

A part number generation system, comprising:

• a user device configured to receive a search request for part numbers of a configurable product;
• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a database including a plurality of virtual families corresponding to the configurable product, each virtual family of the plurality of virtual families including a plurality of independent groups, each independent group defining (1) at least one configurable property of the configurable product and (2) part number positions of the part number corresponding to the configurable properties in the independent group, each independent group of the plurality of independent groups including part number positions of the part number for one or more characters, one or more numbers and/or one or more symbols that do not depend on one or more characters, one or more numbers and/or one or more symbols at part number positions of other independent groups of the plurality of independent groups, and at least one configurable property of the configurable product is included in independent groups of at least two virtual families, wherein each of the plurality of independent groups in the respective virtual families includes part numbers of a same length;
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• processing resources including at least one processor and a memory, the processing resources being configured to control the system to at least:
• receive, via a user interface displayed on a display associated with the user device, the search request defining one or more configurable properties of the configurable product;
• determine virtual families stored in the database including entities related to content of the search request, wherein at least two of the determined virtual families include independent groups with a common configurable property;
• determine the part numbers of the configurable product matching the search request, wherein the part numbers are determined based on allowed one or more characters, one or more numbers and/or one or more symbols for the part number positions defined in the independent groups of the virtual families determined to include the entities matching the one or more configurable properties of the search request;
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• display information about one or more configurable products corresponding to one or more part numbers determined to match the search request.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a program for generating part numbers for configured products stored thereon, the program comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a computing system including at least one processor and a memory to at least:

• display a user interface configured to receive a user input search request for the part numbers of the configurable product;
• receive, via the user interface, the user input search request defining one or more configurable properties of the configurable product;
• analyze 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,
• the database storing a plurality of virtual families, each virtual family of the plurality of virtual families including a plurality of independent groups, each independent group defining (1) at least one configurable property of the configurable product and (2) part number positions of the part number corresponding to the configurable properties in the independent group, each independent group of the plurality of independent groups including part number positions of the part number for one or more characters, one or more numbers and/or one or more symbols that do not depend on one or more characters, one or more numbers and/or one or more symbols at part number positions of other independent groups of the plurality of independent groups, and at least one configurable property of the configurable product is included in independent groups of at least two virtual families, wherein each of the plurality of independent groups in the respective virtual families includes part numbers of a same length;
• determine virtual families stored in the database including the entities matching the one or more configurable properties of the user input search request, wherein at least two of the determined virtual families include independent groups with a common configurable property;
• determine the part numbers of the configurable product matching the user input search request, wherein the part numbers are determined based on allowed one or more characters, one or more numbers and/or one or more symbols for the part number positions defined in the independent groups of the virtual families determined to include the entities matching the one or more configurable properties of the user input search request;
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• display information about one or more configurable products corresponding to one or more part numbers determined to match the user input search request.