CA2202481A1 - Method and system for executing a guided parametric search - Google Patents

Method and system for executing a guided parametric search

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CA2202481A1
CA2202481A1 CA002202481A CA2202481A CA2202481A1 CA 2202481 A1 CA2202481 A1 CA 2202481A1 CA 002202481 A CA002202481 A CA 002202481A CA 2202481 A CA2202481 A CA 2202481A CA 2202481 A1 CA2202481 A1 CA 2202481A1
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Mohamed Sherif Danish
Kris W. Kimbrough
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PARTSRIVER Inc
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Abstract

A process for indentifying a single item from a family in which a user is presented with a feature screen having a series of groupings (611). Each grouping represents a feature having a set of alternatives (613) from which to select. Selected alternatives are used as selection criteria in a search operation. Results of the search operation are used in a revised feature screen indicating alternatives that remain available to the user. The feature screen and search process therefore, present the user with a guided nonhierarchical parametric search to identify matching items based on user specified criteria and priorities.
CA002202481A 1994-10-14 1995-10-10 Method and system for executing a guided parametric search Expired - Fee Related CA2202481C (en)

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