Method for on-line parts ordering
View Patent ↗The present invention is a method of selling replacement parts for a product over a computer network including providing a plurality of product manufacturer selection options for a customer to select from, receiving a manufacturer selection of one of the product manufacturers, providing a plurality of product selections for the customer to select from, receiving a product selection of one of the products, providing a schematic illustrating a plurality of component parts of the product with associated reference identifiers, receiving a selection of at least one of the component parts, providing a description of the component part selected, including at least one name for the component part and at least one part number for the component part.
1. A method of selling replacement parts for a product to a customer and over a computer network, comprising:
providing a plurality of product manufacturer selection options for the customer to select from over the computer network;
receiving a manufacturer selection of one of the product manufacturers from the customer and over the computer network;
providing a plurality of product selections for the customer to select from over the computer network;
receiving a product selection of one of the products from the customer and over the computer network;
providing over the computer network and to the customer an interactive schematic illustrating a plurality of component parts of the product with associated reference identifiers;
receiving a selection from the interactive schematic of at least one of the component parts over the computer network.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising providing a description of the component part selected, including at least one name for the component part and at least one part number for the component part.
3. The method of claim 2 wherein the product is a firearm product.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein the reference identifier is a selectable reference numeral.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the schematic is an exploded view.
6. The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving an order for the component part from the customer.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein the description includes more than one name associated with the component part.
8. A method of selling replacement gun parts over a computer network, comprising:
providing a web site for the customer to visit to order a replacement gun part;
providing on the web site a plurality of gun manufacturer selection options for a customer to select from;
receiving a manufacturer selection of one of the gun manufacturers over the computer network;
providing a plurality of gun product selection options for the customer to select from over the computer network;
receiving a product selection of one of the gun products over the computer network;
providing over the computer network to the customer an interactive schematic illustrating a plurality of component parts of the gun product with associated reference identifiers; receiving a selection by the customer from the interactive schematic of at least one of the component parts over the computer network.
9. The method of claim 8 further comprising providing a description of the component part selected, including at least one name for the component part and at least one part number for the component part.
10. The method of claim 9 further comprising providing an indication that the component is a restricted component.
11. The method of claim 10 further comprising authorizing ordering of the restricted component.
12. The method of claim 9 further comprising receiving an order for the component part from the customer.
13. The method of claim 9 wherein the description includes more than one name associated with the component part.
14. The method of claim 9 wherein the at least one part number of the description includes at least one manufacturer part number.
15. The method of claim 9 wherein the part number of the description includes more than one manufacturer part number.
16. The method of claim 9 wherein the reference identifier is a selectable reference numeral.
17. The method of claim 9 wherein the schematic is an exploded view of the gun product.
18. The method of claim 9 wherein the reference identifiers are ordered by alphabetical ordering of corresponding names of the component parts.
19. A method of ordering parts for a gun, comprising:
visiting a web site associated with a gun supplier;
identifying a physical gun part to be replaced, said physical gun part not including an identifying part number, the gun having a known manufacturer and a known model number;
selecting the known manufacturer from the web site;
selecting the known model number from the web site;
receiving from the web site a schematic of the gun;
comparing the physical gun pan to be replaced to the schematic of the gun;
matching the physical gun part with a gun part illustrated within the schematic;
selecting a link on the schematic to receive an associated description of the selected gun part;
selecting a link to initiate an ordering process to order a replacement gun part matching the associated description and matching the physical gun part.
20. A method of selling replacement gun parts using a web site, comprising:
providing the web site for the customer to visit to order a replacement gun part;
providing on the web site a plurality of gun manufacturer selection, options for the customer to select from;
receiving a manufacturer selection of one of the gun manufacturers from the customer using the web site;
providing on the web site a plurality of gun product selection options for the customer using the web site to select from;
receiving a product selection of one of the gun products from the customer using the web site;
providing on the web site an interactive schematic illustrating a plurality of component parts of the gun product;
receiving a customer selection front the interactive schematic, the selection corresponding with one of the component parts to re-order.
21. The method of claim 20 wherein the interactive schematic comprises a plurality of reference identifiers associated with the component parts and wherein the consumer selects one of die component parts by selecting one of the reference identifiers within the schematic.