Patent ID: 8818908

Claim:
A computer implemented method in a server utilized by a business for providing an environmental recycling fee for an ordered object, the computer implemented method comprising: responsive to receiving from a customer using a client device an order for a customer configurable product that includes a plurality of components according to requirements of the customer, determining, by the server utilized by the business, whether to send a request for an environmental recycling fee response for the customer configurable product to a recycling fee service server via a network; responsive to determining that the environmental recycling fee for the customer configurable product should be requested from the recycling fee service server, extracting, by the server utilized by the business, configuration data that lists the plurality of components in the customer configurable product according to the requirements of the customer; sending, by the server utilized by the business, the configuration data that lists the plurality of components in the customer configurable product and the request for the environmental recycling fee response for each recycling fee relevant component within the plurality of components listed in the configuration data for the customer configurable product to the recycling fee service server via the network; receiving, by the server utilized by the business, the environmental recycling fee response for each recycling fee relevant component within the plurality of components listed in the configuration data for the customer configurable product from the recycling fee service server via the network; adding, by the server utilized by the business, the environmental recycling fee response for each recycling fee relevant component within the plurality of components listed in the configuration data for the customer configurable product to a customer price and a first customer response; and sending, by the server utilized by the business, the first customer response to the customer via the network.