System and method for managing provision of commercial products and services in a building
AssigneeShort Path Inc.
InventorsScott Mager, Jeffrey C. Friedman
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Abstract
A system and method for managing provision of products and services in a building by providing a portal for a building accessible via the Internet having vendors associated with the portal based upon specific needs of the building. Orders are received from a user of the portal and the user is provided with status information for the orders. The portal is designed to suit the specific needs of a building.
Claims12
A method for managing provision of products and services in a building, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a portal for a building accessible via the Internet;
- associating at least one vendor of items of interest to the building with said portal for the building, said at least one vendor being determined based upon specific needs of the building;
- receiving orders for said items of interest to the building from a user of said portal;
- providing the user of said portal with status information of said orders.
10 A system for managing provision of products and services in a building, the system comprising:
- at least one server accessible via a communications network, said at least one server providing a portal for a building accessible by one or more user via said communications network and having at least one vendor of items of interest to the building associated with said portal for the building, said at least one vendor being determined based upon specific needs of the building;
- said server further including
- a receiving module operable to receive orders for said items of interest to the building from said one or more user of said portal;
- a transmitting module operable to provide said one or more user of said portal with status information of said orders;
- and
- a database operable to store a user profile for each of said one or more user of said portal and a vendor profile for each of said at least one vendor.
A system for managing provision of products and services in a building as defined in claim 10, wherein
- said portal for a building includes a home page for each of said one or more user of said portal for a building;
- said each user being uniquely identified and having a specific user role with respect to said portal for a building.
A system for managing provision of products and services in a building as defined in claim 10, wherein
- said building is a building network and said communications network is the Internet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.