SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PLANNING A FUNERAL
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Abstract
An apparatus, computer-implemented method and program product to arrange and fund a funeral or other memorial service. A program receives user input requesting information associated with funeral products, services and homes. The program associates the user input with a budgetary, profile, home locator, or step-based parameter. Each parameter logically links to an information field stored within the database. A central web server retrieves information associated with the parameter for inclusion within a funeral plan.
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69 Claims
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1-29. -29. (canceled)
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30. An apparatus, comprising:
a memory; a database resident in the memory, the database storing pricing information associated with a plurality of products and services offered by a plurality of funeral service providers, wherein each funeral service provider is associated with a distinct set of products and services from the plurality of products and services, wherein the database maintains pricing information for the set of products and services associated with each funeral service provider; and a program configured to receive user input from a user to obtain requested pricing information on a product or service offered by a selected funeral service provider among the plurality of funeral service providers, access the database to retrieve the requested pricing information, and output the requested pricing information to the user. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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59-66. -66. (canceled)
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67. An apparatus for creating an online funeral plan, comprising:
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a program configured to interface with a plurality of funeral service provider web sites; and a central database coupled to the program and configured to store information associated with a plurality of products and services; wherein the program is configured to forward user input from a selected funeral service provider web site from the plurality of funeral service provider web sites to the central database to retrieve information associated with a product or service from the database in response to user input directed to the selected funeral service provider web site. - View Dependent Claims (68)
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69. A computer-implemented method for creating an online funeral plan that adheres to a theme, the method comprising:
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selecting a thematic grouping among a plurality of thematic groupings from a database based upon theme-related input received from a user, wherein each thematic grouping comprises a collection of a product and/or services related to a distinct theme; and outputting information for a product or service associated with the selected thematic grouping to the user.
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