Method of advertising and polling

• US 20020010628A1
• Filed: 05/24/2001
• Published: 01/24/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Burns, Alan
• Original Assignee: Burns, Alan
• Inventors: Burns, Alan
• Application Number:
  US09/864,863
• Publication Number:
  US 20020010628A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0242 Determining effectiveness of advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement

Abstract

A method of marketing products and collecting polling information is disclosed. The method comprises putting an entire product on the Internet and rewarding users for using and/or interacting with the actual product and providing a rating for that product.

Claims

1. A method of collecting rating data comprising the steps of:

providing means for a user to review an entire product;

providing means for said user to submit a rating of said entire product;

accepting said rating from said user if said user has reviewed said product in its entirety at least three times; and

rejecting said rating from said user if said user has not reviewed said product in its entirety at least three times.