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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2005
Andreas Bieswanger, Ehningen, DE;
Herwig Elfering, Offendorf, FR;
James Stephen Fields, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
Andrew J. Geissler, Austin, TX (US);
Alan Hlava, Mazeppa, MN (US);
Scott Barnett Swaney, Catskill, NY (US);
Andreas Bieswanger, Ehningen, DE;
Herwig Elfering, Offendorf, FR;
James Stephen Fields, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
Andrew J. Geissler, Austin, TX (US);
Alan Hlava, Mazeppa, MN (US);
Scott Barnett Swaney, Catskill, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer implemented method, a data processing system, and a computer usable program code for automatically identifying multiple combinations of operational and non-operational components with a single part number. A non-volatile storage is provided on a part, wherein the part includes a plurality of sub-components. Unavailable sub-components in the plurality of sub-components are identified based on a series of testing to form identified unavailable sub-components. Information of the identified unavailable sub-components is stored into the non-volatile storage.