Direct marketing management on behalf of subscribers and marketers
First Claim
1. In a computer system, a method for managing direct marketing for marketers on behalf of subscribers, comprising the acts of:
- registering a plurality of marketers;
subscribing a plurality of subscribers who have consented to receiving marketing electronic messages;
obtaining marketing electronic messages associated with the marketers; and
sending the marketing electronic messages to one or more of the plurality of subscribers based on criteria that are used to determine which electronic messages are to be sent to the subscribers.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for managing direct marketing electronic messages between one or more marketers and one or more subscribers. The present invention generally relates to systems and methods for allowing subscribers to authorize transmission of direct marketing electronic messages from a group of marketers by either selecting particular marketers or completing a market survey. The present invention also relates to systems and methods for monitoring direct marketing electronic messages to ensure that the electronic messages conform to predetermined criteria. The present invention also relates to systems and methods for determining whether a particular direct marketing technique is effective or ineffective and responding appropriately to such determinations.
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56 Claims
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1. In a computer system, a method for managing direct marketing for marketers on behalf of subscribers, comprising the acts of:
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registering a plurality of marketers;
subscribing a plurality of subscribers who have consented to receiving marketing electronic messages;
obtaining marketing electronic messages associated with the marketers; and
sending the marketing electronic messages to one or more of the plurality of subscribers based on criteria that are used to determine which electronic messages are to be sent to the subscribers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. In a computer system, a method for managing direct marketing for marketers on behalf of subscribers, comprising the acts of:
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registering a plurality of marketers;
subscribing a plurality of subscribers who have consented to receiving marketing electronic messages;
obtaining marketing electronic messages associated with the marketers;
monitoring the marketing electronic messages according to predetermined message criteria; and
sending the marketing electronic messages to one or more of the plurality of subscribers according to predetermined recipient criteria that define which subscribers are to receive which marketing electronic messages. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. In a computer system, a method for managing direct marketing for marketers on behalf of subscribers, comprising the acts of:
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registering a plurality of marketers;
subscribing a plurality of subscribers who have consented to receiving marketing electronic messages;
obtaining marketing electronic messages associated with the marketers;
sending the marketing electronic messages to one or more of the plurality of subscribers;
gathering marketing statistics relating to actions taken by subscribers with respect to the marketing electronic messages received by the subscribers; and
determining, based on the marketing statistics, whether to send the marketing electronic messages again to subscribers. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. In a computer system, a method for enabling marketers to engage in direct marketing to subscribers, comprising the acts of:
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registering a plurality of marketers;
subscribing a plurality of subscribers who have consented to receiving marketing electronic messages; and
authorizing one or more of the plurality of marketers to send marketing electronic messages associated with said one ore more of the marketers by performing, for each of said one or more of the plurality of marketers, the acts of;
according to predefined recipient criteria that define which subscribers are to receive which marketing electronic messages, determining which of the subscribers are to receive the marketing electronic messages associated with the particular marketer; and
identifying to the particular marketer the subscribers that are to receive the marketing electronic messages associated with the particular marketer. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. In a computer system, a method for managing direct marketing for marketers on behalf of subscribers such that the subscribers can remain anonymous from the standpoint of the marketers, comprising the acts of:
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obtaining marketing electronic messages associated with a plurality of marketers that are authorized to provide marketing electronic messages to subscribers; and
sending the marketing electronic messages to subscribers who have consented to receiving marketing electronic messages, the marketing electronic messages being sent to the subscribers based on criteria that define which electronic messages are to be sent to the subscribers, the marketing electronic messages being sent such that the subscribers can maintain anonymity from the standpoint of the marketers. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. In a computer system, a method for managing direct marketing for marketers on behalf of subscribers, comprising the acts of:
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registering marketers that are authorized to send marketing electronic messages to subscribers who have consented to receive marketing electronic messages, the marketers having agreed to regulation of their marketing electronic messages;
monitoring the marketing activity of the registered marketers; and
based on the monitoring of the marketing activity of the registered marketers, determining future marketing privileges of the registered marketers. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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