Method of interactive home detail submission and pricing

A method of selecting a home at a client computer associated with a user, through the Internet, comprising the steps of

• accessing a home selection program loaded on a web server using a browser loaded on the client computer;
• accessing through the browser one or more web pages including a plurality of objects corresponding with design and structural features of homes including floor plan data and design feature data;
• accessing the price associated with the plurality of objects from the web server;
• entering into the client computer information describing selections of the design and structural features of a selected home, including the selection of a modified floor plan;
• calculating at the web server the price associated with the selected design and structural features, and providing the calculated price to the user;
• and
• placing an order for a selected home acceptable to the user.

An interactive computer-implemented system for enabling the selection of a home by a user over the Internet at a client computer, comprising:

• a server computer connected to the Internet for receiving information from the client computer describing the selected design and structural features of a home;
• a home selection program in the server computer for:
• processing the selected design and structural features so as to define the design and structural features of a selected home, including authorized modified floor plan data provided by the client computer;
• calculating the price of a selected home;
• and
• processing an order placed by the user of the client computer for a selected home acceptable to the user.

A computer program product having a computer readable medium having computer readable code recorded thereon for:

• providing access to one or more web pages including a plurality of objects corresponding with design and structural features of homes including floor plan data and design feature data;
• providing the price associated with the plurality of objects;
• enabling the selection of the design and structural features of a selected home through a web interface, including the selection of a modified floor plan by enabling the user to input modified floor plan data through the web interface;
• calculating the price associated with the selected design and structural features, and providing the calculated price to the user;
• and
• enabling the user to place an order for a selected home acceptable to the user.