US Patent 8234173 Product life cycle maintenance

A method for product life cycle maintenance involves receiving warranty information associated with a first product from a first vendor of a multitude of vendors and receiving warranty information associated with a second product purchased by the customer from a second vendor of the multitude of vendors. The method also involves storing, by a computer processor, the warranty information associated with the first product to a customer account associated with the customer and a first vendor account associated with the first vendor, storing, by a computer processor, the warranty information associated with the second product to the customer account and a second vendor account associated with the second vendor, receiving a request to access warranty information, and providing warranty information pursuant to the request.