Automated acquisition and configuration of goods and services via a network

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...

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Main Authors Paron, Dean P, Gok, Huseyin, Damour, Kevin T, Mazur, Leszek, Satkunanathan, Lingan, Fishman, Neil Scott
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 12.07.2011
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Summary: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.