Method and system for providing on-line wellness and retail access through a distributed network

A method of providing wellness related services including at least one of wellness, health, or fitness services through a distributed communications network, comprising:

• sending a request from a portal to an on-line wellness related site;
• processing the request at a controller to determine whether the request was received from an authorized user;
• assigning an access code to the user if the user is authorized, the access code defining a level of wellness related services available to the user;
• and
• providing services to the user through the distributed network that correspond to the user's access code.

A method of providing wellness related services including at least one of wellness, health, or fitness services through a publicly accessible distributed network to authorized users using authorized portals, comprising:

• providing an on-line site that enables wellness related databases to be accessed from at least one of a sponsored and a non-sponsored portal;
• placing in communication at least one of a sponsored and non-sponsored portal to the on-line site through a publicly accessible distributed network;
• sending a request from the on-line site requesting access to the wellness related databases;
• processing the request at the on-line site to determine whether the portal was sponsored and whether the request was received from an authorized user;
• and
• responding to the request based in part on whether the portal was sponsored and whether the user is authorized.

A system for providing access to wellness related services including at least one of wellness, health or fitness services through a publicly accessible distributed network, comprising:

• a publicly accessible distributed network;
• at least one portal connected to communicate with the distributed network, the portal processing an access program that interfaces the distributed network to the portal;
• an on-line wellness related site connected to communicate with he distributed network, the on-line wellness related site processing a second access program that interfaces the distributed network to the on-line wellness related site;
• a plurality of databases for storing wellness related information including at least one of wellness, health or fitness information and authorization data;
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• an authorization procedure for authorizing access based at least in part on whether the portal is a sponsored portal and whether the user is authorized.