Cookieless ecommerce platform
First Claim
1. In an ecommerce platform, a computer-implemented method for processing, without the use of cookies, transactions associated with purchases/sales between platform members and platform vendors registered with the ecommerce platform, comprising:
- registering the platform vendors with the ecommerce platform;
creating a member account for each of the platform members during a registration process in which the platform member registers with the ecommerce platform, the member account including an ecommerce platform id belonging to the registered platform member and with which purchase/sale order transactions between the registered platform member and the registered platform vendors are associated by the ecommerce platform, the ecommerce platform id including at least one of an assigned e-mail address and a social community id for use by the registered platform member when placing, without the use of cookies, purchase order requests for the purchase of products and/or services from the registered platform vendors;
receiving from the registered platform vendors, without the use of cookies, communications including confirmations of purchase orders corresponding to purchase order requests placed by the registered platform members, the communications being addressed to the ecommerce platform id belonging to the corresponding registered platform member when placing the purchase order requests; and
processing each of the received communications and authorizing a reward to the corresponding registered platform member for confirmed purchase orders included in the received communications, wherein the authorizing of the reward comprises sending, without the use of cookies, a claim request to the corresponding registered platform vendor to be processed by the corresponding registered platform vendor and receiving, without the use of cookies, a corresponding reward claim approval from the corresponding registered platform vendor.
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to an improved cookieless ecommerce platform. The proposed approach involves receiving a confirmation of an order for the purchase of an item initiated by a platform member to a platform partner. The order includes at least one of an assigned e-mail address and a social community user id. The platform scans communications to/from the platform member to the partner to determine when a communication involves a request for an order, and based on the scanning, determines when a member is entitled to a cashback or similar reward.
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21 Claims
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1. In an ecommerce platform, a computer-implemented method for processing, without the use of cookies, transactions associated with purchases/sales between platform members and platform vendors registered with the ecommerce platform, comprising:
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registering the platform vendors with the ecommerce platform; creating a member account for each of the platform members during a registration process in which the platform member registers with the ecommerce platform, the member account including an ecommerce platform id belonging to the registered platform member and with which purchase/sale order transactions between the registered platform member and the registered platform vendors are associated by the ecommerce platform, the ecommerce platform id including at least one of an assigned e-mail address and a social community id for use by the registered platform member when placing, without the use of cookies, purchase order requests for the purchase of products and/or services from the registered platform vendors; receiving from the registered platform vendors, without the use of cookies, communications including confirmations of purchase orders corresponding to purchase order requests placed by the registered platform members, the communications being addressed to the ecommerce platform id belonging to the corresponding registered platform member when placing the purchase order requests; and processing each of the received communications and authorizing a reward to the corresponding registered platform member for confirmed purchase orders included in the received communications, wherein the authorizing of the reward comprises sending, without the use of cookies, a claim request to the corresponding registered platform vendor to be processed by the corresponding registered platform vendor and receiving, without the use of cookies, a corresponding reward claim approval from the corresponding registered platform vendor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for processing, without the use of cookies, transactions associated with purchases/sales between ecommerce platform members and ecommerce platform vendors registered with the ecommerce platform, the system comprising:
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means for registering the platform vendors with the ecommerce platform; means for creating a member account for each of the platform members during a registration process in which the platform member registers with the ecommerce, the member account including an ecommerce platform id belonging to the registered platform member and with which purchase/sale order transactions between the registered platform member and the registered platform vendors are associated by the ecommerce platform, the ecommerce platform id including at least one of an assigned e-mail address and a social community id for use by the platform member placing, without the use of cookies, purchase order requests for the purchase of products and/or services from the registered platform vendors; means for receiving from the platform vendors, without the use of cookies, communications including confirmations of purchase orders corresponding to purchase order requests placed by the registered platform members, the communications being addressed to the ecommerce platform id belonging to the corresponding registered platform member when placing the purchase order requests; and means for processing each of the received confirmations and authorizing a reward to the corresponding registered platform member for confirmed purchase orders included in the received communications, wherein the authorizing of the reward comprises sending, without the use of cookies, a claim request to the corresponding registered platform vendor to be processed by the corresponding registered platform vendor and receiving, without the use of cookies, a corresponding reward claim approval from the corresponding registered platform vendor. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions for causing a computer to process, without the use of cookies, transactions associated with purchases/sales between platform members and platform vendors registered with an ecommerce platform, the instructions causing the computer to:
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register the platform vendors with the ecommerce platform; create a member account for each of the platform members during a registration process in which the platform member registers with the ecommerce, the member account including an ecommerce platform id belonging to the registered platform member and with which purchase/sale order transactions between the registered platform member and the registered platform vendors are associated by the ecommerce platform, the ecommerce platform id including at least one of an assigned e-mail address and a social community id for use by the registered platform member when placing, without the use of cookies, purchase order requests for the purchase of products and/or services from the registered platform vendors; receive from the registered platform vendors communications including confirmations of purchase orders placed by the registered platform members, the communications being addressed to the ecommerce platform id belonging to the corresponding registered platform member when placing the purchase order requests; and process each of the received communications and authorizing a reward to the corresponding registered platform member for confirmed purchase orders included in the received communications, wherein the authorizing of the reward comprises sending, without the use of cookies, a claim request to the corresponding registered platform vendor to be processed by the corresponding registered platform vendor and receiving, without the use of cookies, a corresponding reward claim approval from the corresponding registered platform vendor. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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