Patent ID: 7076455

Claim:
A method of servicing a customer of a building contractor by a third-party website provider, such method comprising the steps of: the customer and building contractor entering into a contract to build or rehabilitate real estate for the customer at a building site of the real estate, said entered contract forming a pre-existing contract; 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 or through the building contractor for installation at the building site under the pre-existing contract to build or rehabilitate the real estate for the customer; 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; receiving from the customer through the first website a selection of an option of the options provided by the building contractor associated with the pre-existing contract; and collecting a fee or commission based upon the received selection made by the customer.