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To: Joe NYC who wrote (126612)	2/4/2001 1:34:08 PM
From: Dave	Respond to of 186894

Jozef, What's your point? By receiving patents, they are protecting what is theirs and preventing others from that specific method. Additionally, I found this one interesting.. 16 6,167,383 Method and apparatus for providing customer configured machines at an internet site Here is the claim... 1. A web-based online store having a user interface for enabling a custom configuration of a computer system according to an identification of a user belonging to a prescribed customer set, said online store comprising: a configuration for configuring a computer system with options selected according to a prescribed user input, the options and a respective pricing for each option being presented on a configuration web page in accordance with the identification of the user belonging to a prescribed customer set; a cart for temporarily storing the customer configured computer system, said cart including a cart web page; a checkout for presenting payment options and for obtaining payment and delivery information, said checkout including a checkout web page; a database for dynamically supplying configuration options to said configuration in accordance with the identification of the user belonging to the prescribed customer set; and a warning indicator for indicating an option which is subject to adversely impact a shipment of the configured computer system, the warning indicator including a lead time warning in connection with an option which is subject to incurring a lengthened lead time for shipment of the configured computer system, which is greater than a prescribed lead time, the prescribed lead time being in accordance with the identification of the user belonging to a prescribed customer set.