Patent ID: 11954725
Assignee: BEHR PROCESS CORPORATION
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  Y | IPC G

Claim 5:
6. A method comprising:
receiving, with a computer terminal located at a flooring store remote from a coating manufacturer facility of a coating manufacturer, a measured color of a flooring product sold at the flooring store, the computer terminal being in communication with a server and the server being configured to (i) receive paint product catalog information associated with the coating manufacturer from a computer system located at the coating manufacturer facility, (ii) receive the measured color of the flooring product from the computer terminal, (iii) determine a plurality of paint colors that coordinate with the flooring product based on the measured color of the flooring product and the paint product catalog information, (iv) communicate the plurality of paint colors to the computer terminal, and run a paint product ordering application configured to interact with a web browser of the computer terminal;
receiving, with the computer terminal, at least one paint product ordering web page from the server for display in the web browser, the at least one paint product ordering web page displaying the plurality of paint colors and enabling a user of the computer terminal to create an order for a paint product based on a selected paint color from the plurality of paint colors, and the at least one paint product ordering web page comprising an interactive screen display comprising a paint product selection panel and a shopping cart panel; and
transmitting, with the computer terminal, the order for the paint product to the server;
wherein the server is further configured to receive the order for the paint product from the computer terminal, and to communicate the order for the paint product to the computer system located at the coating manufacturer facility of the coating manufacturer, the computer system being configured to receive transmission of the order for the paint product from the server for order fulfillment at the coating manufacturer facility, the order fulfillment including creating, packing, and shipping the paint product to the user; and
wherein the interactive screen display is configured to:
enable the user to perform a first plurality of selection operations on the paint product selection panel to select a first paint order comprising a first paint color, a first sheen for that first paint color, and a first quantity of paint having the first paint color;
enable the user to cause the first paint order to appear in the shopping cart panel and to cause the paint product selection panel to refresh back to a default state wherein a second paint order can be created on the paint product selection panel;
enable the user to perform a second plurality of selection operations on the paint product selection panel to select a second paint order comprising a second paint color, a second sheen for that second paint color, and a second quantity of paint having the second paint color; and
enable the user to cause the second paint order to appear in the shopping cart panel.