Interactive product configurator that allows modification to automated selections
US8458050B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 13, 2008 |
| Grant date | Jun 4, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 21, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/0601
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A product configurator includes a constraint based network that includes a plurality of nodes. The configurator receives one or more user selections and generates one or more automatic selections to form a complete configuration. The configurator receives a request to change the configuration after forming the complete configuration, and retracts the automatic selections. For each of the retracted automatic selections, the configurator determines if the retracted automatic selection is a configuration-defining selection and reasserts the configuration-defining selections.
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