System and Method for Providing Lifestyle Specific Information, Services and Products Over a Global Computer Network such as the Internet

• US 20100036819A1
• Filed: 08/05/2009
• Published: 02/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Patential Holdings, Inc.
• Original Assignee: International Apparel Group, LLC
• Inventors: Carmichael, Connie, Carmichael, Chris, Crotty, Greg
• Application Number:
  US12/536,358
• Publication Number:
  US 20100036819A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: N/A
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0271 Personalized advertisement

Abstract

An Internet-based service configured to provide a variety of products, services and information tailored to a specific and known lifestyle, wherein all information provided about those products, services, and information is obtained from one web site configured to meet the needs of only that lifestyle.

Claims

1. An Internet-based service configured to provide a plurality of products and services tailored to a specific and known lifestyle, said lifestyle being determined by a logic program capable of analyzing personal information provided by a user and tailoring the service to filter out all products and services inconsistent with the lifestyle.

2. The service of claim 1, wherein the service is contained within one web site, and wherein a user can navigate from one product or service to another without ever leaving said web site.

3. The service of claim 2, wherein the web site is designed in real-time by the logic program.

4. The service of claim 1, wherein the plurality of products and services comprises financial services.

5. The service of claim 1, wherein the plurality of products and services comprises communication services.

6. The service of claim 1, wherein the plurality of products and services comprises travel agency services.

7. The service of claim 1, wherein the plurality of products and services comprises news reporting services.

8. An Internet-based service configured to provide a plurality of products and services tailored to a first specific and known lifestyle, wherein all information provided about said plurality of products and services is obtained from one web site configured to meet the needs of only said lifestyle.

9. The service of claim 8, wherein the products and services are horizontally linked by an identifier representing the known lifestyle.

10. The service of claim 8, wherein the service can be configured by the remote user in accordance with user commands to provide products and services tailored to a second specific and known lifestyle.

11. A system for providing a lifestyle specific web site to a remote user comprising:

a first graphical user interface configured to enable a user to design a lifestyle specific web site;

a central processing unit having a memory, said memory having stored therein a first data structure comprising a plurality of graphical user interfaces, each one of said graphical user interfaces being designed for a specific lifestyle; and

a search program in communication with the central processing unit, said search program capable of searching said data structure and identifying a lifestyle specific graphical user interface in accordance with instructions provided by a user through the first graphical user interface.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the first graphical user interface comprises a drop-down menu having a list of lifestyles for a user to choose from, wherein each lifestyle has associated therewith one or more unique lifestyle identifiers.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the first graphical user interface comprises a form having data fields for insertion of information about the remote user.

14. The system of claim 13, further comprising an algorithm capable of assigning one or more unique lifestyle identifiers to the remote user based on the information provided in the data fields.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the memory of the central processing unit has further stored therein a data structure comprising a plurality of records of web sites that provide products and services, each of said records including one or more unique lifestyle identifiers associated therewith.

16. The system of claim 15, further comprising a search program capable of searching the plurality of records of the data structure and identifying one or more records having unique lifestyle identifiers associated therewith.