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Distributed marketing platform

  • US 10,217,126 B2
  • Filed: 06/07/2013
  • Issued: 02/26/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing access to a distributed marketing platform, the method comprising:

  • receiving, from a device of a user, a first request to access an online portal associated with a master account, wherein the online portal provides access to resources provided by the master account;

    generating, by utilizing the online portal, a digital key comprising a unique combination of digital text characters, a unique web link, and a unique media file comprising media content;

    receiving and processing, at the online portal and from a device of the master account and via a separate portal within an intranet of the master account, a data packet including a master account identifier, a third party identifier, and the digital key generated in response to the first request to access the online portal, wherein the master account identifier uniquely identifies the master account, wherein the third party identifier uniquely identifies the user, wherein the digital key comprises the unique combination of digital text characters, the unique web link, and the unique media file comprising the media content;

    receiving, at the online portal and from the device of the master account, rules associated with the digital key;

    determining, by utilizing instructions from memory that are executed by a processor, if the user has a sub-account with the online portal based on the master account identifierand the third party identifier of the data packet, wherein the sub-account identifies the user as a local affiliate of a brand of the master account;

    transmitting, to the device of the user, a prompt to register the sub-account with the online portal if the user is determined to not have the sub-account with the online portal;

    receiving, from the device of the user, a request to register the sub-account with the online portal in response to the prompt;

    providing the sub-account with access to the online portal, based on a key provided by the sub-account matching the digital key, based on the rules associated with the digital key and based on the request to register the sub-account with the online portal, wherein the rules associated with the digital key specify a portion of the online portal that the sub-account is authorized to access, a first resource of the resources that the sub-account is authorized to access, when the sub-account accesses the portion of the online portal, how long the digital key is useable, and how often the digital key is useable, wherein the access to the online portal provides access to the resources provided by the master account;

    determining, for the sub-account and based on a repeat of a registration process, potential additional master accounts to be presented on a graphical user interface of the online portal with the master account; and

    presenting, to the device of the user, the potential additional master accounts with the master account on the graphical user interface of the online portal as separate networks that are each separately accessible by the sub-account via the online portal, wherein the sub-account networks with a new master account of the potential additional master accounts when the new master account is within a same closed networking group of the master account.

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