US Patent:
20070226155, Sep 27, 2007
Inventors:
Jai-Jein Yu - Fremont CA, US
Catheryne Nicholson - San Carlos CA, US
Michael Yu - San Jose CA, US
Yan Tao - Foster City CA, US
Do Ra - Mountain View CA, US
Michael Hao Li - San Francisco CA, US
Karen Hsu - Hayward CA, US
Piyush Govil - Redwood City CA, US
International Classification:
G06F 17/00
Abstract:
An extended attribute-based pricing system and method that enables users to build sellable objects based on selected products and extended attributes for those products. Product administrators are enabled to define sellable products and extended attributes for the products, while pricing administrators are enabled to define price lists for the sellable products and extended attributes. Sales representatives build sellable objects, such as quotes, orders, shopping carts, etc, by adding products that customers would like to purchase to the sellable object. Additionally, extended attributes may be selected for all or a portion of the products. The extended attributes may be stored in attribute classes, and may be loaded into memory structures to reduce database accesses.