Information processing apparatus for ordering vehicle parts

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12586121-B2
Application number	US-202318492997-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 24, 2023
Priority date	Oct 25, 2022
Publication date	Mar 24, 2026
Grant date	Mar 24, 2026

Abstract

The information processing apparatus manages a first site for accepting an order for a part for a vehicle. In the information processing apparatus, the controller obtains a first identification information that uniquely identifies the first vehicle. The controller specifies a first part that can be attached to the first vehicle based on the obtained the first identification information. The controller posts a parts list that can identify the first part on the first site.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An information processing apparatus for managing a first site for accepting an order for parts for a vehicle, comprising:
a user terminal; and a server having a communicator and a controller, the communicator communicates with the user terminal via a network, and the controller includes at least one processor and a memory storing a database having attachment availability information for each part in association with first identification information that uniquely identifies a first vehicle and program instructions executable by the at least one processor to: obtain the first identification information by triggering that a user logs in to the first site through a browser of the user terminal; identify a first part that can be attached to the first vehicle without changing a function of parts already installed on the first vehicle and without removing parts already installed on the first vehicle, based on the first identification information and information stored in the database; post a parts list in which the first part can be identified on the first site through the browser of the user terminal; determine whether a first request signal is transmitted from the user terminal to the server; identify a second part included in an order schedule list for the first vehicle in response to receiving the first request signal from the terminal used by the user; and exclude a part that competes with the second part and the second part from a target of the first part.

2 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the parts list includes a third part that cannot be attached to the first vehicle in addition to the first part, and the memory stores program instructions executable by the at least one processor to output the parts list in a form in which the first part can be ordered and the third part cannot be ordered.

3 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the memory stores program instructions executable by the at least one processor to:
identify a fourth part ordered in the past for the first vehicle; and exclude the fourth part and a part that competes with the fourth part among the first parts from the target of the first part.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ishijima Yoshito
• Hamada Yu

Classifications

• G06Q50/04

  Manufacturing · CPC title

• G06Q30/0621

  by configuring or customising goods or services · CPC title

• G06Q30/0633 Primary

  Managing shopping lists, e.g. compiling or processing purchase lists (shipping orders G06Q10/083; order filling G06Q10/087) · CPC title

• G06Q30/0185 Primary

  Product, service or business identity fraud · CPC title