Patent ID: 6246994
Filing Date: 2001-06-12
Classification: A43D,G06Q

Abstract:
A system for assisting in activities related to purchasing an offering, wherein an offering may be either a good or a service, or both, the system comprising:a first computer adapted to receive characteristic information provided by an individual, and to transmit the characteristic information upon request of the individual over a network to a remote master database;the master database, coupled to the network and remote from the first computer, and adapted to receive and store the characteristic information for the individual, adapted to generate a unique personal code for the individual, and to transmit the personal code to the first computer; the master database further storing for each of a plurality of different providers, including a first provider, a database access code associated with each provider; anda provider computer of the first provider, at a location remote from the first computer and the master database, and coupled to the master database and the first computer via the network, the provider computer adapted to receive from the first computer a request for a type of offering to be provided to the individual and the unique personal code for the individual, and adapted to transmit the database access code of the first provider and the unique personal code of the individual to the master database, upon authentication of the database access code and the unique personal code by the master database, the master database transmits the characteristic information of the individual relevant to the type of offering to the provider computer, the provider computer selects a particular offering of the requested type and corresponding to the characteristics of the individual and transmits information about the selected offering to the first computer.