Patent ID: 7167835

Claim:
A method of providing project and product information to a corporate purchaser of floor covering materials using an internet-based Web site system, the method comprising: providing a Web site system that includes a Web site accessible through a computer based server that includes a link to a customer specific URL and that includes an accessible database containing data including a catalog of project and product data corresponding to floor covering installation projects for said corporate purchaser of floor covering materials; identifying one or more users authorized to access the Web site of the Web site system on behalf of said corporate purchaser of floor covering materials; assigning to said one or more users personalized registration information in said database; establishing a category based listing of data elements accessible by each of said one or more users in said database; in response to an entry of personalized registration information from a remote computing device by an individual user, linking said individual user to said customer specific URL by system software; receiving a request for floor covering installation project data from said individual user from the remote computing device; correlating the entered registration information to the listing of data elements accessible by said individual user by system software; retrieving a portion of the requested project data corresponding to the listing of data elements accessible by said individual user from said database; and transmitting to said remote computing device of the individual user in electronic format said portion of the requested project data corresponding to the listing of data elements accessible by said individual user while excluding data elements not accessible by said individual user, wherein said corporate purchaser of floor covering materials is a corporate entity having a plurality of business locations, wherein the catalog of project and product data includes data on any active floor covering installation projects, wherein the catalog of project and product data includes data on any completed floor covering installation projects, and wherein the customer specific URL further includes a link to an order page for said individual user to place an order with a manufacturer of said floor covering materials by a remote computing device, and wherein the order pane is linked to a listing of floor covering materials preauthorized by said corporate purchaser of floor covering materials such that the order placed by the individual user is limited to such preauthorized floor covering materials.