Patent ID: 6883022

Claim:
An information system, comprising: a vendor-managed web site for: receiving purchasing information from a first terminal, including purchasing information that is customized for a customer, the customer including first and second users having respective first and second levels of authorized access to the purchasing information, the first user being identified by a first identifier, and the second user being identified by a second identifier; and to a second terminal, providing access to: only a first portion of the purchasing information in response to receiving the first identifier from the second terminal which identifies the first user; and at least a second portion of the purchasing information in response to receiving the second identifier from the second terminal which identifies the second user, wherein the second portion includes at least a part of the first portion and a third portion of the purchasing information, wherein the part of the first portion includes at least a portion of the customized purchasing information, and wherein the customized purchasing information includes a listing of configurations, so that the customer at the second terminal can submit an online order to the vendor-managed web site in response to the configurations.