Patent ID: 7200594
Filing Date: 2007-04-03
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for making proprietary data available to customers on a customer-specific basis, comprising: a. Providing an online database containing customer-specific data relating to a plurality of customers; b. Formatting the data such that a selected group of said data, which is relevant only to a specific customer, is configured to be accessed by inputting a unique identifier; c. Providing appropriate ones of said identifiers to said customers on an individual basis, thereby ensuring any one of said plurality of customers only accesses data which is relevant to that customer; d. Wherein the database includes a diagram of a facility and data associated with a particular location on said diagram is configured to be accessed directly from the diagram; and e. Wherein said identifier includes a customer name and a key so that each customer has multiple keys, each of which permits access only to a portion of the data that is relevant to that customer.