Patent ID: 7343550
Filing Date: 2008-03-11
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system for providing Internet service to multiple businesses, each business including multiple services of different types, a first one of the businesses including at least first and second ones of the services, and a second one of the businesses including at least the first service, the system comprising: a server system supporting a plurality of computer-based applications, the server system being coupled to a network that communicates with at least one terminal at one of the services in each of the businesses; and a database coupled to the server system, the database storing a plurality of first codes, each of said first codes identifying a respective one of the businesses, the database further storing a plurality of second codes, each of said second codes identifying a respective service, the database further storing a plurality of user identifiers, each said user identifier being associated with a particular user in a respective one of the services at a respective one of the businesses, whereby each user identifier is associated with a respective one of said first codes and with a respective one of said second codes, (A) wherein the server system is responsive to input of one of said user identifiers at a first terminal at the first service at the first business and communicating with the network: (B) wherein the server system is responsive to input of one of said user identifiers at a second terminal at the first service at the second business and communicating with the network: (C) wherein the server system is responsive to input of one of said user identifiers at a third terminal at a second service at the first business and communicating with the network: