Patent ID: 8903731

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for coordinating a meeting between a meeting requester and a meeting prospect, the method being executed by at least one network-connected computer system having a processor, machine readable memory, and a database, the method comprising: receiving a meeting request from a meeting requester interface of the meeting requester and storing the meeting request in the database cross-referenced with the meeting requester; entering, into the database, a computer readable identification code associated with a complementary article set, the complementary article set including at least two functionally complementary articles; cross-referencing, by the processor, the computer readable identification code with the meeting request so that the computer readable identification code is identified with the meeting request; initiating, by the processor, a first shipment of a first one of the complementary articles of the complementary article set to the meeting requester and a second one of the complementary articles of the complementary article set to the meeting prospect and producing, by the processor, a requestor identification code cross-referenced with the meeting request and a meeting request document for shipping with the second complementary article; upon receipt of the second one of the complementary articles by the meeting prospect, receiving the requester identification code input by the meeting prospect into a meeting prospect interface; querying the database using the requester identification code to retrieve an identification of the meeting requester; and instructing the meeting prospect to enter a decision to accept or decline the meeting request at the meeting prospect interface and transmitting the decision via the coordinator computer system to the meeting requester.