Patent ID: 8662385

Claim:
a. A method for providing point-of-sale data using access rights, comprising: a. receiving, at a computer system, a request from a user via an Internet browser to access the point-of-sale data, wherein the request includes a report type selected from a plurality of report types, and wherein the point-of-sale data is associated with a plurality of retail stores, and wherein the request is communicated to the computer system from a client; b. determining, at the computer system, point-of-sale data that the user is permitted to access based on access rights associated with the user, wherein at least a portion of the access rights is based on the user's position within a retail organization; c. presenting, via the computer system, to the user via the Internet browser a report customization interface to customize the report type requested by the user, to provide a customized report, wherein the customized report filters the point-of-sale data accessible by the user by at least one of a time period or an organizational unit within the retail organization; d. receiving, at the computer system, from the user a report data format selected via the report customization interface; e. receiving, at the computer system, from the user an indication to prepare a plurality of reports as a subscription having a recurring basis, the indication further indicating to transmit the reports to the user based on the subscription; f. receiving, at the computer system, from the user an importance ranking of the subscription; g. recurrently generating report data by the computer system based on the report data format, the generating performed in an order based on the importance raking of a plurality of subscriptions; h. and recurrently delivering the report data from the computer system to the user via the Internet browser according to the subscription.