Patent ID: 8145533

Claim:
An apparatus for servicing a customer of a building contractor through a third-party website provider, such apparatus comprising: means for establishing the terms of a contract between the customer and the building contractor to build or rehabilitate real estate for the customer at a building site of the real estate, said contract forming a pre-existing agreement; means for providing a first website by the third-party website provider, said first website being password protected by a password of the customer, said website providing product, service or installation service options of product, service or installation service offerings available from the building contractor for installation into a product space at the building site under the pre-existing contract to build or rehabilitate the real estate between the building contractor and the customer; means for providing a second website associated with the first website by the third-party website provider for entry of information related to the customer by the contractor, said second website being password protected by a password of the contractor; means for receiving from the customer through the first website a selection of an option of the options provided by the building contractor associated with the preexisting contract; and means for altering the terms of the pre-existing contract based on said product, service, or installation options selected by the customer.