Patent ID: 7881978

Claim:
A method comprising: providing a first website of a first provider to display quotes to a buyer-business from a seller-business in response to requests for quotes received from the buyer-business; receiving a request from the buyer-business for authorization for the buyer-business to receive quotes from the seller-business; authorizing the buyer-business to receive quotes from the seller-business in response to a request from the seller-business approving the request for authorization; creating price lists including a first price list assigned to the buyer-business and a second price list assigned to a geographic region; linking functionality of the first website of the first provider to a second website of a second provider; receiving a request for quotes through the second website from a buyer-individual; creating, in response to the request for quotes received through the second website, a quote for the buyer-individual based at least in part on the second price list assigned to the geographic region; displaying, via the second website, the quote to the buyer-individual; charging, to the seller-business, a first fee payable to the first provider for the quote displayed to the buyer-individual; and charging, to the first provider, a second fee payable to the second provider for the quote displayed to the buyer-individual; wherein the abovementioned steps are performed using a computer processor.