Abstract: A system for configuring configurable products includes a stateless configuration engine. A user and a server are coupled to a network for transmitting and receiving information. The user includes a web browser, memory and a display. The user receives web pages from the server and enters information into the fields on the page. The user sends the web page and the entered information to the server. The server decodes the information on the web page and sends a next page to the user including hidden form fields that include the decoded information. The information is stored in the source code of the page displayed by the web browser located at the user.

Abstract: A system for configuring configurable products includes a stateless configuration engine. A user and a server are coupled to a network for transmitting and receiving information. The user includes a web browser, memory and a display. The user receives web pages from the server and enters information into the fields on the page. The user sends the web page and the entered information to the server. The server decodes the information on the web page and sends a next page to the user including hidden form fields that include the decoded information. The information is stored in the source code of the page displayed by the web browser located at the user.

Abstract: A system for configuring configurable products includes a stateless configuration engine. A user and a server are coupled to a network for transmitting and receiving information. The user includes a web browser, memory and a display. The user receives web pages from the server and enters information into the fields on the page. The user sends the web page and the entered information to the server. The server decodes the information on the web page and sends a next page to the user including hidden form fields that include the decoded information. The information is stored in the source code of the page displayed by the web browser located at the user.

Abstract: User provided product configurations are identified and memorized along with their corresponding configuration information such as constraints and incompatibilities. The next time that configuration is provided by a user, the corresponding configuration information can be retrieved from memory so that a configuration engine will not need to be accessed. Retrieving the corresponding configuration information from memory as opposed to recomputing them with a configuration tool requires less time and avoids tying-up scarce configuration resources. Factors such as frequency and recentness can be considered in determining which configurations to memorize. Each time a particular configuration is provided, a counter associated with that configuration is incremented. Thus, within any given period of time, the number of times that particular configuration has been selected can be determined. Long-term frequency counts can track the most selected product configuration over a longer period of time.