Patent ID: 7162437

Claim:
A computer implemented method for processing medical information at a server over a network, the method comprising: presenting, in electronic format via a Web server, information related to a set of medicine products available of purchase that can be ordered electronically over an Internet, the set of medicine products including prescription drugs and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs; offering, via the electronic format via the Web server, to a requestor a sample of a medicine product in the set of medicine products, the offered sample of the medicine product being one of the prescription drugs and OTC drugs; receiving a request from the requestor for the sample of the medicine product from the set of medicine products over the Internet; searching a user database coupled to the Web server regarding information associated with the requestor to determining whether the requestor is eligible to receive the offered sample, the information associated with the requestor including at least one of demographic information of the requestor, a number of samples previously distributed to the requestor, a history with respect to providing timely feedback by the requestor; if the requestor is eligible to receive the sample of the medicine product, causing a requested sample to be shipped to a physical address provided by the requestor in response to the request, including transmitting an email to a distribution center indicating one or more medicine products of the sample to be delivered to the requestor; soliciting, from the requestor, feedback based on characteristics of the sample by transmitting an electronic form to the requestor within a predetermined period of time from which the sample is received by the requestor, the electronic form including a link linked to a Web page from which the requestor can fill in the feedback; sending a reminder to remind the requestor to provide feedback regarding the sample received by the requester if the feedback is not received within the predetermined period of time; compiling feedback received from the requestor with previously collected feedback from other requestors; and presenting the compiled feedback in a user-readable format and publishing the compiled feedback on a publicly accessible Web page so that subsequent users are able access the compiled feedback provided by users that received the samples.