Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or... – Electronic shopping
Reexamination Certificate
2006-10-31
2006-10-31
Fadok, Mark (Department: 3625)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
Electronic shopping
C705S026640
Reexamination Certificate
active
07130821
ABSTRACT:
A method of comparing products is disclosed. The method includes selecting a first configuration representing a first product with a first attribute, selecting a second configuration representing a second product with a second attribute, and displaying the first attribute and the second attribute. As will be noted, the first attribute is defined in the first configuration, and the second attribute is defined in the second configuration.
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Connors Christopher M.
Leamon Andrew
Miller Andrew F.
Singh James
VanDyke Jeffrey R.
Chambers Kent B.
Fadok Mark
Hamilton & Terrile LLP
Trilogy Development Group, Inc.
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