Method and system for generating a global representation of a product definition

A system for establishing a deterministic relationship, the system comprising:

• a first server with a processor configured to:
• receive at one or more computers a product definition that includes two or more binary vectors, wherein each binary vector encodes one or more product configurations that include at least one sub-vector indicative of a feature family having one or more bits each indicative of a product feature, and the product definition being stored in a computer storage medium associated with the one or more computers;
• identify one or more feature families as sparse if all of its corresponding sub-vectors have a single product feature that is active;
• select at least one of the identified sparse feature families;
• interact pairs of the binary vectors by taking a logical-and of corresponding bits;
• and
• establish a deterministic feature family by identifying if all of the interacted binary vectors have one or more inactive feature families other than the selected sparse feature family;
• establish if one or more determinant families exist by identifying one or more lists of inactive feature families from all interactions from the binary vectors;
• store to an array the lists of inactive feature families, wherein the stored lists of inactive feature families are unique;
• compress the product definition excluding the identified deterministic relationship from consideration;
• augment the compressed product definition per the relationship between the deterministic feature family and the one or more determinant families;
• and
• transmit the product definition including the deterministic relationship to at least one of a nomadic device, a personal computer and a second server.