Patent ID: 7389331

Claim:
An information handling system, comprising: a vendor-managed web site for: receiving purchasing information from a first network point, 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 network point, providing access to: only a first portion of the purchasing information in response to receiving the first identifier from the second network point 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 network point 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 to assist the customer at the second network point in submitting an online order to the vendor-managed web site, and wherein the customized purchasing information includes status information related to the online order and includes a listing of configurations so that the customer at the second network point can submit the online order to the vendor-managed website in response to the configurations.