Patent ID: 7584155

Claim:
A method for generating prices of one or more configurations of features of a product, the method comprising: using a computer system configured to perform each of the following: receiving at least a modification of one or more of features of a first configuration of the product; generating a first delta price for a second configuration of the product after receiving the modification of the one or more features of the first configuration, wherein the second configuration is the first configuration as modified by the received modification, the modification of the one or more features of the first configuration results in a price change between the first and second configurations of the product, and the first delta price comprises the price change; generating a price of the second configuration using the first delta price and the price of the first configuration; and providing the first delta price and the price of the second configuration of the product to a computer system of a user to indicate to the user a pricing impact associated with the modification of the one or more features of the first configuration of the product.