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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2008
Claire M. Bagley, Carlisle, MA (US);
Martin P. Plotkin, Concord, MA (US);
Michael Colena, Lowell, MA (US);
Claire M. Bagley, Carlisle, MA (US);
Martin P. Plotkin, Concord, MA (US);
Michael Colena, Lowell, MA (US);
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
A product configurator is based on a constraint network having a plurality of nodes. The product configurator, when it receives a user choice, determines which nodes in the constraint network are affected by the user choice. For each affected node, the product configurator stores the prior domain state of the node and associates the stored prior domain state with the user choice. Therefore, the nodes can be restored to their prior state if the user choice is later removed for any reason.