Home improvement system
OwnerMichael Heisler, James Thevenotinventors
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Abstract
A method and system for the complete design and identification of materials and tools for home improvement projects that can be used in the convenience of the home. A web-site is suitably configured to provide for an on-line, interactive home improvement system. In this context, a home improvement system contemplates a system which enables an idea to be realized into a design and then information with respect to how to build the design, the materials needed to complete the project, and information on purchasing those materials provided to the user.
Claims27
A method for facilitating a transaction between a buyer and a seller comprising the steps of:
- formulating an idea for a home improvement project;
- interactively transforming the idea into a design of the home improvement project;
- providing a pull list for the project to the buyer, the pull list comprising a complete list of materials for completing the project;
- providing information about a preferred seller of the materials to the buyer, wherein the preferred seller is selected from a plurality of sellers;
- and
- purchasing the materials from the preferred seller.
In an interactive computer system, a method of generating a design for a home improvement project comprising the steps of:
- selecting a home improvement project type;
- displaying a default set of parameters for the home improvement project type;
- optionally, modifying the default set of parameters for the home improvement project;
- generating a pull list containing a complete list of materials needed to complete the home improvement project;
- generating a detailed design of the home improvement project;
- and
- generating a list of preferred sellers, wherein each of the sellers may be able to provide the materials needed for the home improvement project.
A computerized, interactive home improvement system comprising:
- a plurality of software tools, said software tools configured to allow a user to perform the following steps:
- formulating an idea for a home improvement project;
- interactively transforming the idea into a design of the home improvement project;
- generating a pull list for the project, the pull list comprising a complete list of materials for completing the project;
- a seller database, wherein each of the software tools is configured to access the seller database to generate a list of preferred sellers of the materials for completing the home improvement project;
- and
- wherein the home improvement system is associated with a web-site.
A computer program product comprising:
- a computer readable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein that handles facilitating the designing of a home improvement project, the computer readable program code configured to perform the steps comprising:
- identifying a home improvement project type;
- providing a default set of parameters for the identified home improvement project type;
- enabling optional modification of the default set of parameters;
- finalizing the default set of parameters;
- generating a pull list containing a complete list of materials needed to complete the home improvement project;
- generating a detailed design of the home improvement project;
- and
- generating a list of preferred sellers, wherein each of the sellers may be able to provide the materials.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.