Patent ID: 7739590

Claim:
A computer system for generating personal homepages, comprising: an application server comprising a content management server including a homepage template; a database of personal data for members of a sales force, the database in communication with the application server, wherein the personal data for the members of the sales force is accessible to the application server to automatically populate said homepage template to generate a personal homepage of a selected member of the sales force, said personal homepage having a unique Uniform Resource Locator (URL) to be provided to a customer as an identification of the selected member of the sales force, and the personal homepage operating as a local portal to allow the customer to access to tailored information and to establish a virtual salesperson-customer relationship; wherein the database of personal data includes employment status data indicative of the employment status of the members and said application server includes a component for periodically retrieving updated personal data and recognizing said employment status data from the updated personal data wherein the personal homepage for the selected member is automatically disabled from any viewing on the Internet when said employment status data indicates the selected member is not employed by an organization; a developmental content application server being internally accessible to allow pre-published viewing of personal homepages on a privately accessible network, storing the personal homepage of the selected member upon review by the selected member and posting the personal homepage of the selected member to the Internet after review by a manager; and a production server in communication with the developmental content application server and the database of personal data and operable to post the personal homepage of the selected member for viewing through the Internet after the application server or the developmental content application server receives indicia of approval; wherein the production server is operable to capture data from the customer viewing the personal homepage, to aggregate the data and make the data available for the members of the sales force; and wherein using geographical data from the customer, a request from the customer is directed to the personal homepage of a member of the sales force near a geographical location of the customer.