Patent ID: 7257548

Claim:
An apparatus for facilitating the selection of glass products, comprising: a storage device; a display, and a processor connected to the storage device, the storage device storing a program for controlling the processor; and the processor operative with the program to receive information inputs comprising characteristics of a glass product, and displaying on a display for selection one or more additional characteristics of a glass product, wherein the processor is configured to perform the steps of selecting one or more components for a glass product based on color and performance characteristics, designating target performance characteristics for the glass product wherein said target performance characteristics are selected from the group consisting of: nominal thickness, visible reflectance, visible transmittance, u-value, and shading coefficient, processing the designated target performance characteristics to compare them to actual performance characteristics for the glass product comprised of the selected one or more components, and providing on said display guidance information to recommend changing one or more component selections to more closely approximate the actual performance of the glass product with the target performance.