摘要 |
The invention relates to an on-line store which allows a customer to order services of other providers while maintaining a consistent customer experience and control over the customer. Additionally, the invention relates to a system for enabling configuration of an information handling system which includes a configurator, a checkout module, a service activation module, and a database. The configurator configures the system with options selected according to user input. Payment options, obtaining payment and delivery information are presented by the checkout module. The service activation module enables a user to activate a service and a database receives and supplies information to the configurator, the checkout module and the service activation module. The invention also relates to a method of enabling configuration of an information handling system which includes configuring a system with options selected according to user input, presenting payment options and obtaining payment and delivery information during the checkout process, enabling a user to activate a service; and using information derived during the configuring for the enabling. The invention further relates to an on-line store for enabling configuration of an information handling system which includes configuring a system with options selected according to user input, presenting payment options and obtaining payment and delivery information, enabling a user to activate a service; and a database. The database receives and supplies information from and to the configurator, the checkout module and the service activation module.
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