Patent ID: 6985876

Claim:
A method for enabling a user to configure a measurement system in an E-Commerce system, wherein the e-commerce system includes a client system coupled through a network to an electronic commerce server, the method comprising: receiving a request from a user of the client system to configure the measurement system, wherein the measurement system includes one or more customizable components, wherein at least one of the customizable components is a measurement device; providing customizable component options of the customizable components to the client system for display after receiving said request, wherein said providing the customizable component options includes providing an image of the measurement system to the client system for display, wherein images of at least a subset of the one or more customizable components form at least a portion of the image of the measurement system; receiving customizable component selections for at least one of the one or more customizable components of the measurement system in response to user input, wherein the customizable component selections applied to the measurement system specify a configured measurement system, wherein said receiving customizable component selections includes: receiving user input selecting an image of a first customizable component displayed in the image of the measurement system, wherein said receiving user input selecting the image of the first customizable component operates to select the first customizable component for configuration; and receiving user input selecting a first customizable component option for the first customizable component, wherein the user input selecting the first customizable component option comprises the customizable component selection for the first customizable component; and providing an image of the configured measurement system to the client system for display, wherein the image of the configured measurement system visually depicts the customizable component selections of the user.