# US 2018/0025312 A1 · Systems and methods for sharing information about product materials

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- Number: US 2018/0025312 A1
- Document ID: US20180025312A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/341,129
- Filed: 2016-11-02
- Published: 2018-01-25
- Earliest claimed: 2016-07-25
- Assignees: Quanta Computer Inc.
- Applicants: Quanta Computer Inc.
- Inventors: Tien-Chin FANG; Chen-Chung LEE; Ping-Chi LAI; Ching-Shium CHEN; Chia-Hung LIN; Yao-Kun LEE; Jhen-Jhong CHEN
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180025312A1

## CPC

- G06Q 10/087: Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
- G06F 16/951: Indexing; Web crawling techniques
- G06Q 10/08: Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

A system for sharing information about product materials, including a database, a part-analyzing module, a part-searching module, and a disclosure-rate calculating module. The database includes a first sub-database corresponding to an enterprise and a second sub-database corresponding to a first supplier. The first sub-database stores information of a plurality of parts composing a product and information about the first supplier of the parts, and the second sub-database stores material information corresponding to the parts. The part-analyzing module obtains the information of the parts and the information about the first supplier from the first sub-database. The part-searching module obtains first disclosed material information and first undisclosed material information of the parts from the second sub-database. The disclosure-rate calculating module calculates the first disclosure rate of the product according to the first disclosed material information and the first undisclosed material information.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A system for sharing information about product materials, comprising:
a database, comprising a first sub-database corresponding to an enterprise and a second sub-database corresponding to a first supplier, wherein the first sub-database stores information of a plurality of parts composing a product and information about the first supplier supporting the parts, and the second sub-database stores material information corresponding to the parts;
a part-analyzing module, obtaining the information of the parts and the information about the first supplier from the first sub-database;
a part-searching module, obtaining first disclosed material information and first undisclosed material information of the parts from the second sub-database; and
a disclosure-rate calculating module, calculating a first disclosure rate of the product according to the first disclosed material information and the first undisclosed material information.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the part-searching module further obtains the first disclosed material information and the first undisclosed material information from the second sub-database according to a first access authority.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the database further comprises a third sub-database, configured to store second disclosed material information and second undisclosed material information of the first undisclosed material information, and a second supplier corresponding to the third sub-database has a peer relationship with the enterprise.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the disclosure-rate calculating module further calculates a second disclosure rate of the product according to the first disclosed material information, the second disclosed material information, and the second undisclosed material information.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The system as claimed in claim 4, wherein the part-searching module further obtains the second disclosed material information and the second undisclosed material information from the third sub-database according to a second access authority.

### Claim 6

A method for sharing information about product materials, comprising:
creating a database, wherein the database comprises a first sub-database corresponding to an enterprise and a second sub-database corresponding to a first supplier, the first sub-database stores information of a plurality of parts composing a product and information about the first supplier supporting the parts, and the second sub-database stores material information corresponding to the parts;
obtaining, via a part-analyzing module, the information of the parts and the information about the first supplier from the first sub-database;
obtaining, via a part-searching module, first disclosed material information and first undisclosed material information of the parts from the second sub-database; and
calculating, via a disclosure-rate calculating module, a first disclosure rate of the product according to the first disclosed material information and the first undisclosed material information.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the step of obtaining the first disclosed material information of the parts and the first undisclosed material information of the parts further comprises:
obtaining, via the part-searching module, the first disclosed material information and the first undisclosed material information from the second sub-database according to a first access authority.

### Claim 8 (depends on 6)

The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the database further comprises a third sub-database, configured to store second disclosed material information and second undisclosed material information of the first undisclosed material information, and a second supplier corresponding to the third sub-database has a peer relationship with the enterprise.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising:
calculating, via the disclosure-rate calculating module, a second disclosure rate of the product according to the first disclosed material information, the second disclosed material information, and the second undisclosed material information.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The method as claimed in claim 9, further comprising:
obtaining, via the part-searching module, the second disclosed material information and the second undisclosed material information from the third sub-database according to a second access authority.