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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Pawan Chowdhary, San Jose, CA (US);
Markus R. Ettl, Ossining, NY (US);
Somnath Mukherjee, Elmsford, NY (US);
Zhengliang Xue, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for identifying product configurations that are alternatives to a requested product configuration, ranking the alternative product configurations based on one or more pricing metrics, and presenting the alternative product configurations to a prospective customer, thereby providing the customer with the option of selecting an alternative product configuration in lieu of the initially requested product configuration.