Patent ID: 7979320
Filing Date: 2011-07-12
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: communicating with a referral server to identify information associated with a computer's computing environment and to identify configurables available to the computer based on the identified computing environment information that includes the computer's geographic location and at least one other factor, wherein the computer communicates a geographic location identifier of the computer's location and an identifier of at least one other factor; communicating with the referral server to receive a list of provider servers selected by the referral server for referring to the computer, where the provider servers are included in the list because of their ability to auto-configure configurables in the computer's geographic location according to the at least one other factor; and receiving, at the computer, a configuration software component determined based at least on the geographic location identifier and the identifier of at least one other factor, the configuration software component configured for purchasing of a selected configurable and auto-configuration of the computer's computing environment to operate the selected configurable; communicating, using the received configuration software component, with a provider server selected from the list of provider servers to purchase the selected configurable and to auto-configure the computer's computing environment to operate the selected configurable.