公开(公告)号：US5963939A

公开(公告)日：1999-10-05

申请号：US941789

申请日：1997-09-30

申请人： Paul H. McCann ,  Gary L. Alose ,  Javier E. Chavez ,  Scott M. Dawson ,  Robert S. Brayton ,  Paul E. Hiles

发明人： Paul H. McCann ,  Gary L. Alose ,  Javier E. Chavez ,  Scott M. Dawson ,  Robert S. Brayton ,  Paul E. Hiles

IPC分类号： G06Q30/06 ,  G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06Q30/06 ,  Y10S707/99931 ,  Y10S707/99934

摘要： An object-driven application tool allows a Value Added Reseller (VAR) to access a large body of publicly available information about computing devices and to identify the needs of a particular customer or end user and to select an appropriate solution of equipment, hardware, and networking products to meet the customer's needs. Moreover, the tool includes capabilities allowing a VAR to demonstrate to the end user the appropriateness of the solution, for allowing information entry in high level, abstract business-oriented vocabulary rather than a highly technical low level jargon (thus facilitating data entry of information obtained from the end user) and allowing the tool to recognize whether, for example, a slight increase in memory capacity beyond the express needs of the end user may allow a dramatic reduction in requirements for processor speed or non-volatile data storage. The latter tools allow the exemplary embodiment of the present invention to suggest superior solutions over and beyond the express needs of the end user. Selection of a particular solution is generally decoupled from the needs of the end user, which are stored in a separate database; thereafter, as new equipment to obtain on-line information relating to new products and services. Information in the database also includes retrofit information, so that new products can be installed into existing networks.

摘要翻译： 对象驱动的应用工具允许增值经销商（VAR）访问大量有关计算设备的公开信息，并确定特定客户或最终用户的需求，并选择适当的设备，硬件和 网络产品满足客户的需求。 此外，该工具包括允许VAR向最终用户展示解决方案的适当性的能力，以允许在高级别抽象的面向业务的词汇中进行信息输入，而不是高度技术性的低级术语（从而便于获得的信息的数据输入 从最终用户）并且允许该工具识别例如超过最终用户的快速需求的存储器容量的轻微增加可允许显着降低对处理器速度或非易失性数据存储的要求。 后者的工具允许本发明的示例性实施例提供超出最终用户的快速需求的优越解决方案。 特定解决方案的选择通常与存储在单独数据库中的最终用户的需求分离; 此后，作为获取与新产品和服务有关的在线信息的新设备。 数据库中的信息还包括改装信息，以便将新产品安装到现有网络中。