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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2006
Dean P. Paron, Bellevue, WA (US);
Huseyin Gok, Redmond, WA (US);
Kevin T. Damour, Bellevue, WA (US);
Leszek Mazur, Bellevue, WA (US);
Lingan Satkunanathan, Kirkland, WA (US);
Neil Scott Fishman, Bothell, WA (US);
Dean P. Paron, Bellevue, WA (US);
Huseyin Gok, Redmond, WA (US);
Kevin T. Damour, Bellevue, WA (US);
Leszek Mazur, Bellevue, WA (US);
Lingan Satkunanathan, Kirkland, WA (US);
Neil Scott Fishman, Bothell, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A computer performs a method of communicating with a referral server to identify configurables available to the computer based on the computer's location and at least one other factor. The computer receives a list of provider servers selected by the referral server for referring to the computer because the provider servers on the list auto-configure configurables in the computer's location and according to the at least one other factor. The method communicates with a provider server selected from the list to purchase a selected configurable and to auto-configure the computer's computing environment to operate the selected configurable. The method communicates with the referral server to provide a metric about the provider server's performance during purchase and auto-configure.