System and Method for Online Agency

A system for providing information to a customer for choosing a product, comprising:

• a first module including a first network interface device for receiving from a customer a first set of information regarding a product;
• a second module including a first processor for providing a second set of information to the customer, via said first module, based on the received first set of information, wherein said second module is operatively connected to said first module;
• a third module including a second processor operatively connected to said first module, for receiving, via said first module, first customer data regarding said product and processing said first customer data, and wherein the first processed customer data is formatted in a first data format for a first one of a plurality of product providers, and wherein the first processed customer data is formatted in a second data format for a second one of the plurality of product providers, wherein said first and second data formats are different;
• a fourth module including a second network interface device operatively connected to said third module and to each of the plural product providers, for sending said first processed customer data to each of the plural product providers and for receiving a reply from one or more of the plural product providers in response to said first processed customer data;
• said third module further for determining, individually, if the reply from the one or more plural product providers includes first product data:
• (a) if so, formatting the first product data from said first product provider into a first predetermined format and formatting the first product data from said second product provider into said first predetermined format;
• (b) if not:
• (1) sending to the customer, via said first module, a notification that no product data was received;
• (2) receiving and processing second customer data regarding the product, wherein the second processed customer data is formatted in said first data format and said second data format, and sending, via said fourth module, the processed second customer data to each of the plural product providers;
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• (3) receiving, via said fourth module, first product data from one or more of the plural product providers and formatting the first product data from said first product provider into a second predetermined format and formatting the first product data from said second product provider into said second predetermined format;
• said third module further for sending to said customer, via said first module, in one of said first or second predetermined formats, said first product data from said first and second product providers, and for receiving, via said first module, a product choice from said customer in response to said first product data from said first or second product provider, and for receiving, via said first module, and processing third customer data regarding said product choice;
• said fourth module further for sending said third processed customer data to said first or second product provider and for receiving from said first or second product provider second product data in response to said third processed customer data;
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• said third module further for processing said second product data and for sending, via said first module, said second product data to said customer.