System and method for providing customized on-line shopping and/or manufacturing

A system for providing customized online shopping, comprising:

• a web server for communicating with an external client computer, said web server containing computer readable code for presenting a customized online shopping interface;
• and
• a manufacturing server;
• wherein said computer readable code is configured to generate first product information for display on said external client computer upon the authentication of a user;
• wherein said authentication is based on at least one of a referring IP address, a referring URL, an email domain and an embedded promotion code contained in a request sent from the external client computer to the web server;
• wherein said computer readable code is configured to generate second product information for display on said external client computer when an unauthorized user is detected;
• wherein said manufacturing server is used to initiate the manufacture of a product ordered by the user from said customized online shopping interface;
• and
• wherein the product is manufactured according to specifications based on at least one of the referring IP address, the referring URL, the email domain and the embedded promotion code.

A method for providing customized online shopping, comprising the steps of:

• receiving an HTTP request, said HTTP request containing at least one of a referring IP address, a referring URL, an email domain and an embedded promotion code;
• evaluating at least one of the referring IP address, the referring URL, the email domain and the embedded promotion code to determine if a user is authorized for access to a customized online shopping interface;
• presenting the user with first product information based on at least one of the referring IP address, the referring URL, the email domain and the embedded promotion code if the user is determined to be authorized for access;
• and
• presenting the user with second product information if said evaluating step determines that the user is not authorized;
• wherein an authorized user is not required to manually enter any identification information to gain access to the customized online shopping interface.

A device comprising a computer readable medium, said computer readable medium containing computer executable code for generating a customized online shopping interface;

• wherein:
• said computer executable code is configured to generate said customized online shopping interface according to a method comprising the steps of:
• receiving an HTTP request, said HTTP request containing at least one of a referring IP address, a referring URL, an email domain and an embedded promotion code;
• evaluating at least one of the referring IP address, the referring URL, the email domain and the embedded promotion code to determine if a user is authorized for access to the customized online shopping interface;
• presenting first product information to the user based on at least one of the referring IP address, the referring URL, the email domain and the embedded promotion code if the user is determined to be authorized for access;
• and
• presenting the user with second product information if said evaluating step determines that the user is not authorized;
• wherein an authorized user is not required to manually enter any identification information to gain access to the customized online shopping interface.