Patent ID: 6754638
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A method for providing on-line information to a customer of a provider of specialty chemicals, including adhesives, sealants, coatings, lubricants and cleaners, as well as related equipment and services, comprising steps of:providing on-line specialty chemical information with a hierarchy of related pages and screens, the information including a list comprised of a plurality of recommended specialty chemical products for use in an application that the customer specifies by navigating through the hierarchy of related pages and screens; enabling the customer to specify a distance radius at each of the levels within the hierarchy of related pages and screens of the on-line specialty chemical information; and in response to a specified distance radius, providing the customer with a list of distributors of the specialty chemicals that lie within the specified radius, wherein a distributor on said list of distributors is identified from a database as a distributor who is recorded as having ordered, within a predetermined period of time, a specialty chemical that is specified by the customer.