Patent ID: 7941347

Claim:
A computer method for providing a configuration change of computing resources of an end user machine to a customer, the method comprising: a computer provider server negotiating configuration change price with a customer for the purchase of ordered a customer selected configuration change of computing resources of the end user machine, said negotiated configuration change price for billing said customer for the purchase of said customer selected configuration change of computing resource of the end user machine; the computer provider server receiving an order from the customer by way of a workstation for the customer selected configuration change of computing resources of the end user machine, the provider server having a predetermined time period for accepting the configuration change of the end user machine; and responsive to the customer taking delivery of said customer selected configuration change of computing resources of the end user machine within said predetermined time period, the computer provider server billing said customer for said delivered customer selected configuration; and responsive to the customer not taking delivery of said customer selected configuration change of computing resources of the end user machine within said predetermined time period, the computer provider server cancelling said order and cancelling said billing according to said configuration change price based on expiration of said predetermined time period.