Reward driven online system utilizing user-generated tags as a bridge to suggested links
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1. A method for providing suggested information, comprising:
- storing, at a suggestion portal, suggested information recommended by a plurality of Suggestors;
storing, in association with said suggested information, at least one corresponding tag provided by a corresponding one of said Suggestors; and
accessing said suggested information by a subsequent user upon entry of said corresponding tag or tags by said subsequent user.
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Abstract
A web site for user suggestions of products, services or other information. The Suggestor also submits tags with those suggestions. To the extent subsequent users use the same tags to access or purchase the user suggestion, the suggesting user will be rewarded. The present invention also provides mechanisms for disbursing rewards for “finding-and-buying-thru-tags”, ranking suggestions, enabling various privacy preserving communications and deal validation mechanisms among shoppers, Suggestors and their social networks.
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1. A method for providing suggested information, comprising:
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storing, at a suggestion portal, suggested information recommended by a plurality of Suggestors;
storing, in association with said suggested information, at least one corresponding tag provided by a corresponding one of said Suggestors; and
accessing said suggested information by a subsequent user upon entry of said corresponding tag or tags by said subsequent user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26)
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24. An apparatus for providing suggested links over the Internet, comprising:
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a suggestion server;
a storage device coupled to said suggested server to store suggested links recommended by a plurality of Suggestors;
said storage device storing, in association with each of said suggested links, at least one corresponding tag provided by a corresponding one of said Suggestors; and
a software program stored on computer readable media providing code for accessing one of said suggested links for a subsequent user upon entry of said corresponding tag by said subsequent user.
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27. A method for providing suggested links over the Internet, comprising:
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storing, at a suggestion website, suggested links recommended by a plurality of Suggestors;
storing, in association with each of said suggested links, at least one corresponding tag provided by a corresponding one of said Suggestors;
accessing one of said suggested links for a subsequent user upon entry of said corresponding tag by said subsequent user;
rewarding said one of said Suggestors when said subsequent user performs a predefined action in connection with accessing a link suggested by said one of said Suggestors;
storing an identification of said Suggestors in association with said corresponding tag and link;
obtaining a plurality of links from affiliates;
browsing said suggestion website by a Suggestor;
recommending one of said links by said Suggestor tracking tags used by said Suggestor browsing sites other than said suggestion website; and
recommending a link by said Suggestor during said browsing.
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