Battery cross-reference method and system
AssigneeUniversal Power Group
InventorRamin Salehi
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Abstract
Aspects of the present invention provide a method and a system for handling cross-reference of batteries. A battery cross-reference system is provided for users of all levels of knowledge to search for a battery based on different attributes of a battery. The different attributes of a battery includes a chemistry, a category, a brand of the category, a brand model, a manufacturer, a battery model and other attributes.
Claims22
A battery cross-reference method, the method comprising:
- providing a search by at least one of battery chemistry, battery category, and battery number;
- and
- responsive to receiving a user selection of a search by battery category, displaying a list of battery categories from a database.
A battery cross-reference system comprising:
- a database server comprising a database, a plurality of tables in the database, and a plurality of fields in the plurality of tables;
- a Web server for receiving user inputs in a user interface of a device over a network;
- and
- n application server comprising a battery cross-reference application, wherein the battery cross-reference application executes a query in the database to identify a battery based on user inputs received from the Web server.
An article of manufacture having encoded thereon a method having the steps of:
- providing a search by at least one of battery chemistry, battery category, and battery number;
- and
- responsive to receiving a user selection of a search by the battery category, displaying a list of battery categories from a database.
The article of manufacture of claim 20, wherein the method further comprises the steps of:
- responsive to receiving a user selection of a selected brand model from the list of brand models, identifying a battery for the selected brand model in the database;
- and
- displaying a stock code of an identified battery from the database.
A battery cross-reference system comprising:
- a point-of-sale kiosk having a touch-sensitive screen;
- a user interface displayed on the touch-sensitive screen;
- wherein the point-of-sale kiosk is coupled to a server via a network, the server having access to a battery cross-reference database, the database comprising:
- a plurality of tables, wherein the plurality of tables comprise a stock number table, a battery model table, a battery chemistry table, a battery manufacturer table, a category table, a brand model table, a brand table;
- a plurality of data fields in each of the plurality of tables;
- and
- a plurality of link tables, wherein the plurality of link tables comprise:
- a link table resolving a many-to-many relationship between the battery model table and the category table;
- a link table resolving a many-to-many relationship between the battery model table and the stock number table;
- a link table resolving a many-to-many relationship between the category table and the brand model table;
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- a link table resolving a many-to-many relationship between the stock number table and the brand table.
A method for providing a battery cross-reference search, the method comprising:
- receiving an input from a user interface to identify a battery based on at least one of battery chemistry, battery category, and battery number;
- performing a battery lookup of a battery in a plurality of tables in a battery cross-reference database based on the input, wherein the plurality of tables comprise a stock number table, a battery model table, a battery chemistry table, a battery manufacturer table, a category table, a brand model table, a brand table, and a plurality of link tables;
- and
- responsive to identifying a battery in the plurality of tables based on the input, returning a battery number of the battery from the database to the user interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.