Global sales by referral network
First Claim
1. A global sales by referral method comprising providing a central database server, storing data of products and/or services in the server, communicating with the server via internet with remote access devices, accessing the stored data via the access devices, inputting reviews of reviewers about the products and/or services via the access devices, accessing the reviews, and making choices about the products and/or services responsive to accessed reviews.
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Abstract
PEER BAZAAR enables, fosters and manages a global peer-to-peer sales process through a global peer-to-peer e-commerce network to distribute consumer products/services through its business model, proprietary software, and web-hosting infrastructure. PEER BAZAAR enters into distribution agreements with publishers and owners of goods/services and digital assets. The data about the goods/services and the digital assets are stored in a central server and downloaded upon completion of a peer-to-peer and/or user transaction. Users purchase products/services by downloading from PEER BAZAAR'"'"'s website. Users then try out the products/services. If they are satisfied or not, they write reviews and recommend the product/service to others. Such referrals are recorded and tracked, and if anyone downloads the goods/services and/or title responsive to the referral, then the referring individual gets a reviewer credit or the like which may be a percentage from the sale of the goods/services/assets.
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117 Claims
- 1. A global sales by referral method comprising providing a central database server, storing data of products and/or services in the server, communicating with the server via internet with remote access devices, accessing the stored data via the access devices, inputting reviews of reviewers about the products and/or services via the access devices, accessing the reviews, and making choices about the products and/or services responsive to accessed reviews.
- 27. Global sales referral network comprising a central server, a database of products and/or services on the server from manufacturers and/or suppliers, access devices communicating with the server via internet, authorized members communicating with the servers via the access devices, peer reviews about the products and/or services posted by the authorized members, and credits posted to member accounts for every review triggering a transaction from other members.
- 40. A global sales by referral network system comprising a central server comprising a product search module, a review tracking module, a financial transactions module and an account management module, and access devices communicating with the server via internet.
- 49. A global referral network method comprising providing a central server, maintaining a database of products and/or services and related sources for respective products and/or services, maintaining a database of member reviews of the products and/or services, communicating access devices with the central server via internet, registering a user desiring membership, routing the user to a user registration section, prompting the user for a unique identifier, ensuring the user'"'"'s anonymity, submitting the user identifier, optionally entering the user'"'"'s profile information, including payment-processing information, detecting incorrect and/or missing information, asking the user to re-enter correct and/or missing information and periodically requesting the user to verify their information.
- 62. The method of claim 62, wherein the protecting events comprises protecting checkout, profile editing and review editing and all user transactions.
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81. A global sales by referral method comprising:
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providing a central database server, storing data in the central database server, communicating with the central database server via internet with remote access devices, accessing the stored data via the access devices, providing incentives for reviewers to write reviews, inputting the reviews of the reviewers about products and services in the central database server via the access devices, categorizing the reviews in the central database server, accessing the reviews via the access devices, making choices about the products and/or services responsive to accessed reviews. - View Dependent Claims (82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108)
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109. A global sales by referral method comprising:
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providing a central database server, storing data of products and/or services in the server, entering subscription agreements for access to the data of products and/or services, communicating with the server via internet with remote access devices, accessing the stored data via the access devices, reviewing products and/or services, writing reviews of the products and services, and making choices about the products and/or services responsive to the accessed stored data. - View Dependent Claims (110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117)
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