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US 2003/0171877 A1Published application
Method, system, storage medium, and data signal for supplying a multi-component composition
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsAdeyinka Adedeji, Keith Andrew DuPont, John C. Haylock
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Abstract
A method for specifying a multi-component composition without human intervention includes customer specification of at least two physical property limitations, and determination of a recommended composition meeting those limitations using a continuous model relating the physical properties to the compositional variables. The method may extend to supplying a multi-component composition by further including one or more of calculating the cost of the recommended composition, calculating the price of the recommended composition, formulating a contracted amount of the recommended composition, and billing for a contracted amount of the recommended composition.
Claims37
A method for specifying a multi-component composition, comprising:
- receiving, from a user system, a first limitation on a first physical property and a second limitation on a second physical property;
- determining a recommended composition by searching a first continuous surface relating the first physical property to at least two compositional variables to determine first compositions that satisfy the first limitation;
- searching a second continuous surface relating the second physical property to at least two compositional variables to determine second compositions that satisfy the second limitation;
- determining an intersection of the first compositions and the second compositions;
- and
- selecting the recommended composition from the intersection of the first compositions and the second compositions;
- predicting a value of the first physical property and a value of the second physical property for the recommended composition;
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- presenting, to the user system, the value of the first physical property and the value of the second physical property for the recommended composition.
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A method for specifying a multi-component composition, comprising:
- receiving, from a user system, a first limitation on a first physical property and a second limitation on a second physical property;
- selecting, based on the first limitation, a first continuous surface relating the first physical property to at least two compositional variables;
- selecting, based on the second limitation, a second continuous surface relating the second physical property to at least two compositional variables;
- determining a recommended composition by
- searching a first continuous surface to determine first compositions that satisfy the first limitation;
- searching a second continuous surface relating the second physical property to at least two compositional variables to determine second compositions that satisfy the second limitation;
- determining an intersection of the first compositions and the second compositions;
- and
- selecting the recommended composition from the intersection of the first compositions and the second compositions;
- predicting a value of the first physical property and a value of the second physical property for the recommended composition;
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- presenting, to the user system, the value of the first physical property and the value of the second physical property for the recommended composition.
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A method for specifying a multi-component composition, comprising:
- presenting, for display at a user system, a graphical illustration of a plurality of physical property combinations satisfied by a multi-component composition, each property combination comprising a first property value and a second property value;
- receiving, from the user system, a desired property combination comprising a first desired property value and a second desired property value;
- determining a first desired property limitation based on the first desired property value and a second desired property limitation based on the second desired property value;
- determining a recommended composition by
- searching a first continuous surface relating the first property values to at least two compositional variables to determine first compositions that satisfy the first desired property limitation;
- searching a second continuous surface relating the second property values to at least two compositional variables to determine second compositions that satisfy the second desired property limitation;
- determining an intersection of the first compositions and the second compositions;
- and
- selecting a recommended composition from the intersection of the first compositions and the second compositions;
- and
- predicting a first property value and a second property value for the recommended composition;
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- presenting, to the user system, the first property value and the second property value for the recommended composition.
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A method for specifying a multi-component thermoplastic or thermoset composition, comprising:
- receiving a first limitation on a first physical property, and a second limitation on a second physical property different from the first physical property;
- determining a recommended composition by
- searching a first continuous surface relating the first physical property to at least two compositional variables to determine first compositions that satisfy the first limitation;
- searching a second continuous surface relating the second physical property to at least two compositional variables to determine second compositions that satisfy the second limitation;
- and
- determining an intersection of the first compositions and the second compositions;
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- selecting a recommended composition from the intersection of the first compositions and the second compositions;
- predicting a value of the first physical property and a value of the second physical property for the recommended composition;
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- presenting, to the user system, the value of the first physical property and the value of the second physical property for the recommended composition.
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A method for specifying a thermoplastic blend comprising a polyolefin and a poly(arylene ether), the method being conducted without human intervention and comprising:
- receiving a first limitation on a first physical property, and a second limitation on a second physical property different from the first physical property;
- determining a recommended composition by
- searching a first continuous surface relating the first physical property to at least two compositional variables to determine first compositions that satisfy the first limitation;
- searching a second continuous surface relating the second physical property to at least two compositional variables to determine second compositions that satisfy the second limitation;
- and
- determining an intersection of the first compositions and the second compositions;
- and
- selecting a recommended composition from the intersection of the first compositions and the second compositions;
- predicting a value of the first physical property and a value of the second physical property for the recommended composition;
- and
- sending the value of the first physical property and the value of the second physical property for the recommended composition.
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A system for specifying a multi-component composition without human intervention, comprising:
- a host system for
- receiving a first limitation on a first physical property and a second limitation on a second physical property;
- determining a recommended composition by
- searching a first continuous surface relating the first physical property to at least two compositional variables to determine first compositions that satisfy the first limitation;
- searching a second continuous surface relating the second physical property to at least two compositional variables to determine second compositions that satisfy the second limitation;
- determining an intersection of the first compositions and the second compositions;
- and
- selecting a recommended composition from the intersection of the first compositions and the second compositions;
- predicting a value of the first physical property and a value of the second physical property for the recommended composition;
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- sending the value of the first physical property and the value of the second physical property for the recommended composition;
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- a network coupled to the host system.
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A system for specifying a multi-component composition without human intervention, comprising:
- a host means for
- receiving a first limitation on a first physical property and a second limitation on a second physical property;
- determining a recommended composition by
- searching a first continuous surface relating the first physical property to at least two compositional variables to determine first compositions that satisfy the first limitation;
- searching a second continuous surface relating the second physical property to at least two compositional variables to determine second compositions that satisfy the second limitation;
- determining an intersection of the first compositions and the second compositions;
- and
- selecting a recommended composition from the intersection of the first compositions and the second compositions;
- predicting a value of the first physical property and a value of the second physical property for the recommended composition;
- and
- sending the value of the first physical property and the value of the second physical property for the recommended composition;
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- a means for storing data relating to the multi-component composition.
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A storage medium encoded with machine-readable computer program code for determining a multi-component composition, the storage medium including instructions for causing a processor to implement a method comprising:
- receiving a first limitation on a first physical property and a second limitation on a second physical property;
- determining a recommended composition by
- searching a first continuous surface relating the first physical property to at least two compositional variables to determine first compositions that satisfy the first limitation;
- searching a second continuous surface relating the second physical property to at least two compositional variables to determine second compositions that satisfy the second limitation;
- determining an intersection of the first compositions and the second compositions;
- and
- selecting a recommended composition from the intersection of the first compositions and the second compositions;
- predicting a value of the first physical property and a value of the second physical property for the recommended composition;
- and
- sending the value of the first physical property and the value of the second physical property for the recommended composition.
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A computer data signal for determining a multi-component composition, the computer data signal comprising code configured to cause a processor to implement a method comprising:
- receiving a first limitation on a first physical property and a second limitation on a second physical property;
- determining a recommended composition by
- searching a first continuous surface relating the first physical property to at least two compositional variables to determine first compositions that satisfy the first limitation;
- searching a second continuous surface relating the second physical property to at least two compositional variables to determine second compositions that satisfy the second limitation;
- determining an intersection of the first compositions and the second compositions;
- and
- selecting a recommended composition from the intersection of the first compositions and the second compositions;
- predicting a value of the first physical property and a value of the second physical property for the recommended composition;
- and
- sending the value of the first physical property and the value of the second physical property for the recommended composition.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.