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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1999
Applicant:
Kenneth C. Henson, Round Rock, TX (US);
Inventor:
Kenneth C. Henson, Round Rock, TX (US);
Assignee:
Dell USA L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a method and apparatus for advising on a lead time for a customer configured computer system, selection input from a customer is received. In response to the selection input, a customer computer system is configured. Lead time for the configured computer system is advised by outputting an estimated ship date for delivery of the configured computer system to the customer. The estimated ship date is a function of lead times of selected options of the configured computer system. Lead time is further advised by outputting a customer selectable option for optimizing the delivery, accordingly, the ship date.