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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2001
Stephan Brunner, Lafayette, CA (US);
George Kibilov, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Elie Rassi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Eugene Tchikowani, Cupertino, CA (US);
Xiangyang Yao, Cupertino, CA (US);
Peter Lim, Redwood City, CA (US);
Stephan Brunner, Lafayette, CA (US);
George Kibilov, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Elie Rassi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Eugene Tchikowani, Cupertino, CA (US);
Xiangyang Yao, Cupertino, CA (US);
Peter Lim, Redwood City, CA (US);
Siebel Systems, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Abstract
A configurator using structure and rules to provide a user interface. According to one embodiment of the invention, a customizable product class is created. The customizable product class includes a set of one or more attributes to define the customizable product class. A component product class is added to the customizable product class, where the component product class is a subclass of the customizable product. A customizable class rule is associated to the customizable product class, the customizable class rule including expressions which provide conditions on component products added to the customizable product. A customizable UI is mapped to the customizable product class, where the customizable UI provides access structure to the configurator.