Patent ID: 7302406

Claim:
A method for retrieval of specialized consumer information comprising the steps of: creating a consumer database; creating a consumer profile for a consumer containing specific purchasing preferences of that consumer for a particular product; receiving information about a particular product for which a consumer is considering purchasing, by detecting an attempt to access the consumer database, identifying the consumer attempting to access the consumer database; and determining the product for which the consumer is considering purchasing based on the received product information; performing a product evaluation of the particular product for which a consumer is considering purchasing based on the consumer profile of that consumer for that product, said product evaluation performance comprising retrieving a product survey from the consumer's profile for the determined product, retrieving product summary information for the determined product, generating a product survey rating from the consumer profile, generating a product rating from the product summary, comparing the product survey rating and the product rating from the product summary and producing a product evaluation based on this comparison; and sending the product evaluation results for that particular product to the specific consumer requesting this information.