Transaction tracking, managing, assessment, and auditing data processing system and network
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Abstract
An improved processing system for tracking commerce on the Internet provides for subvariable processing and includes web page scanning to discern fraud or improper content to insure proper promotion of select products within the network environment.
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11. A data processing system for supporting web-based commerce and commission tracking on a multi-node network comprising:
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a. a Content Provider for displaying promotions and a plurality of other information on a web page;
b. a Clearinghouse server in communication with said Content Provider for parsing HTTP commands received therefrom, including an affiliate-defined field comprising at least one of a plurality of subvariables; and
c. a Merchant site interconnected to said Clearinghouse server, wherein the Merchant Site obtains information triggered by the Content Provider from the Clearinghouse server and the Merchant Site submits information to the Clearinghouse Server relating to Content Provider referral activity on the Merchant Site. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A data processing system for supporting communication and commerce on a wide access network wherein said network comprises a plurality of computers interconnected and in communication using common protocols for transferring text and images relating to select goods and services, the system comprising:
a first computer connected to and in communication with said network with memory storage for one or more files defined by universal resource locator, said files forming web pages and providing information of interest to one or more USERS and further including a promotional icon formed from text, graphics, or image having embedded therein a sequence of commands for transferring a link to a USER computer in communication with said first computer, to a second, Clearinghouse computer and then to a third Merchant computer wherein goods and/or services associated with said promotional icon are available for purchases;
said transfer of said USER computer link including a user or site identifier that is recorded at the Clearinghouse computer and the Merchant computer so that purchases made at the Merchant computer by said USER may be attached and used to provide a commission based on referral by said icon.- View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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