Method of requesting a customized instance of an object using information contained within an existing instance

US8346669B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Rachel K. E. Bellamy · Bedford, US
• Peter K. Malkin · Yorktown Heights, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 8, 2008
• Grant date: Jan 1, 2013
• Expiry date: Oct 25, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0601
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system for reselling an object in a client-server environment is disclosed. The method and system also enables a user using a client device can order an object, order a customized object, order a composite object, and order a customized composite object. The system includes an object order form handler, an object order handler, a view objects handler, a reseller form handler, a reseller handler, a reseller permission handler, an add object handler and a server database.