Patent ID: 7162439

Claim:
A computer system coupled to a network to enable a radiological imaging workstation supplier to provide a customer with information for a recommended radiological imaging workstation, the computer system comprising: an application server to direct a query page to the customer via the network, wherein the query page comprises a plurality of questions designed to enable the computer system to determine a recommended radiological imaging workstation based on the customer's responses to the plurality of questions, the radiological viewing workstation enabling an operator to view images produced by imaging systems of different modalities, further wherein at least one of the plurality of questions establishes the imaging software to be recommended; a comparison program to receive a completed query page from the customer and compare the customer's responses in the completed query page to a plurality of predicted responses to the plurality of questions, a predicted response corresponding to a radiological imaging workstation configuration; and a server to provide a results page to the customer via the network, the results page providing the customer with a recommended radiological imaging workstation, wherein the information stored in the computer system is stored in a product configuration file, wherein the product configuration file contains data on specific configurations of radiological imaging workstations, wherein the specific configurations of radiological imaging workstations is determined by a sales history of specific configurations of radiological imaging workstations.