System and method for forming an on-line buyer's club
First Claim
1. A method for using a system for formation of an on-line pharmaceutical buyer'"'"'s club comprising the step of:
- receiving over a network from a computer terminal an end user'"'"'s on-line consent to an electronic agreement to opt in to said buyer'"'"'s club and to release of the end user'"'"'s medical, personal information to an on-line pharmacy, to the pharmacy'"'"'s release of said end user'"'"'s medical, personal information and personally identifiable prescription drug utilization information to the buyer'"'"'s club whereby said end user becomes a member of said buyer'"'"'s club.
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Abstract
A system and method for on-line formation of buyer'"'"'s clubs, in particular, for the purchase of pharmaceutical goods, e.g., drugs, vitamins and/or herbs. Visitors of a web site are prompted while completing registration information whether to opt in to participate in a buyer'"'"'s club. At least some of the registration information provided by those users that have chosen to opt in to participate in the buyer'"'"'s club is transmitted to a Pharmaceutical Benefits Manager (PBM) and/or pharmacy that, in turn, enters into agreements with drug manufacturers to offer the pharmaceutical goods at discount prices. Member utilization information is generated by the PBM for each participant that purchases through the buyer'"'"'s club. This member utilization information is transmitted from the PBM to the server. Additional information relating to or associated with the member utilization information is gathered and retrieved by the server and transmitted to user'"'"'s computer terminal or accessible by the user upon visiting the web site. This targeted information may include, for example, new drug formulations, side effects of a particular drug purchased, and/or journal articles discussing the disease or ailment that the drug purchased is used to treat.
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51 Claims
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1. A method for using a system for formation of an on-line pharmaceutical buyer'"'"'s club comprising the step of:
receiving over a network from a computer terminal an end user'"'"'s on-line consent to an electronic agreement to opt in to said buyer'"'"'s club and to release of the end user'"'"'s medical, personal information to an on-line pharmacy, to the pharmacy'"'"'s release of said end user'"'"'s medical, personal information and personally identifiable prescription drug utilization information to the buyer'"'"'s club whereby said end user becomes a member of said buyer'"'"'s club. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for using a system for formation of a pharmaceutical buyer'"'"'s club comprising the step of:
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receiving over a network from a computer terminal an end user'"'"'s on-line consent to an electronic agreement to opt in to said buyer'"'"'s club and to the release of said an end user'"'"'s medical and personal information to an pharmacy, to the pharmacy'"'"'s release of said end user'"'"'s medical, personal, and personally identifiable prescription drug utilization information to the buyer'"'"'s club and to the receipt of targeted information whereby said end user becomes a member of said buyer'"'"'s club;
receiving over a network from a computer terminal at least a portion of the member'"'"'s medical and personal information;
determining whether the member has a medical trait based on said portion of the member'"'"'s medical and personal information; and
supplying targeted information to the member if the member has the medical trait.
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26. A method for using a system for formation of a pharmaceutical buyer'"'"'s club comprising the step of:
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receiving over a network from a computer terminal a plurality of end users'"'"' online consent to an electronic agreement to opt in to said buyer'"'"'s club and the release of said an end users'"'"' medical and personal information to an pharmacy and to the pharmacy'"'"'s release of said end users'"'"' medical and personal information and personally identifiable prescription drug utilization data to the buyer'"'"'s club;
wherein the step of receiving on-line consent to release medical and personal information in further comprises receiving over a network from a computer terminal an end user'"'"'s registration for access to a web site, wherein said registration includes registration data, and wherein said registration data includes medical and personal information;
determining a subset of end users who share a common medical trait based on said plurality of end user'"'"'s medical and personal information;
receiving over a network from a computer terminal said subset of end users'"'"' online consent to an electronic agreement to opt in to said buyer'"'"'s club whereby a buyer'"'"'s club is formed that contains only members with said common medical trait. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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29. A system for formation of a pharmaceutical buyer'"'"'s club over a network comprising:
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a secure server generating an electronic agreement, and at least one computer terminal on which is displayed the electronic agreement, said at least one computer terminal used by an end user to provide consent to said electronic agreement to opt in to said buyer'"'"'s club and to the release of said an end user'"'"'s medical and personal information to an on-line pharmacy and to the on-line pharmacy'"'"'s release of said end user'"'"'s medical, personal and personally identifiable drug utilization information to said buyer'"'"'s club and to the receipt of targeted information whereby said end user becomes a member of said buyer'"'"'s club, said secure server and said at least one computer terminal being connected via the network. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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