Patent ID: 7890387

Claim:
A system for conducting product configuration research at computer systems over a network for a product having multiple features, said system comprising: at least one first computer system connected to a network; at least one second computer system capable of connecting to said first computer system through said network; said one second computer system operating in response to market research software for enabling a respondent to select features of a hypothetical product configuration which is not being offered for sale, in which a total price value of the product is displayed in accordance with price values of said selected features as the respondent selects or changes selection of features, and said second computer system determines a time taken by the respondent to arrive at the final ones of the selected features of the product; and said one second computer system utilizes said market research software to send information having at least final ones of the selected features of the product and said determined time to said first computer system, wherein said market research software operates at said second computer system separate from the operation of said first computer system, wherein said first computer system sends a survey having questions to said second computer system one of before, after, or before and after said market research software is utilized by said respondent to select features of the product.