Method for on-line parts ordering

Abstract

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.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of selling replacement parts for a firearm product to a customer and over a computer network, comprising:
 providing a plurality of firearm product selections for the customer to select from over the computer network;   receiving a product selection of one of the firearm 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 firearm product;   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 firearm product is a rifle or pistol. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising reference identifiers in the interactive schematic, each of the reference identifiers associated with one of the plurality of component parts. 
     
     
         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 parts for firearm products over a computer network, comprising:
 providing a web site for a customer to visit to order a replacement part for a firearm;   providing a plurality of product selection options for the customer to select from over the computer network;   receiving a product selection of one of the firearm products over the computer network;   providing over the computer network to the customer an interactive schematic illustrating a plurality of component parts of the firearm product;   receiving a selection by the customer from the interactive schematic of at least one of the firearm component parts over the computer network.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8  further comprising providing a description of the firearm component part selected, including at least one name for the component part and at least one part number for the firearm component part. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9  further comprising providing an indication that the firearm 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 firearm component part from the customer. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 9  wherein the description includes more than one name associated with the firearm 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  further comprising reference identifiers in the interactive schematic, each of the reference identifiers associated with one of the plurality of firearm component parts. 
     
     
         19 . A method of ordering parts for a firearm product, comprising:
 visiting a web site associated with a firearm component part supplier;   identifying a physical component part to be replaced, said physical component part not including an identifying part number, the firearm product having a known manufacturer and a known model number;   selecting the firearm product from the web site using the known manufacturer and the known model number;   receiving from the web site a schematic of the firearm product;   comparing the physical component part to be replaced to the schematic of the firearm product;   matching the physical component part with a component part illustrated within the schematic;   selecting a link on the schematic to receive an associated description of the selected component part; and   selecting a link to initiate an ordering process to order a replacement component part matching the associated description and matching the physical component part.