Patent ID: 6233609
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: G06F,G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for selling a product or service over the Internet, comprising steps of:(a) providing an object model at a server platform the object model defining optional features for the product or service, and also providing a configurator for the object model at the server platform;(b) responding to a client request for service from a client platform by transporting, from the server platform to the client platform, a graphical user-interface (GUI) user-interface application capable of remotely manipulating the configurator over the Internet;(c) invoking the GUI user-interface application at the client platform by a client, and using the GUI user-interface application to command the configurator at the server via the Internet to configure the object model at the server from the client platform, enabling the client to select among the multiple features of the product or service for purchase;(d) configuring the object model according to the selections of the client; and(e) viewing the final configuration and ordering the configured product or service by the client over the Internet.