Patent ID: 8589180

Claim:
A method for ordering drug samples comprising the steps of: providing a drug sample fulfillment platform that is Web based and responds to an access request of a user including a prescriber and a sales representative; receiving said access request via the Internet from a brand Web site or another brand Web site; providing a set of brand rules which include physical samples, vouchers, or coupons for guiding a distributor of drug samples of a drug to cause one prescriber's drug sample availability and characteristics, such as the time frame, dosages and quantity while a member of said brand Web site to be different from those of the same prescriber while a member of said another brand Web site; and creating a transaction that includes said sales representative accessing said drug sample fulfillment platform for said prescriber with an identifier of said sales representative in order to open the drug sample fulfillment platform within said brand website or said another brand website and order drug samples for said prescriber, the drug sample fulfillment platform electronically notifying the sales representative about the availability of drug samples.