Internet shopping portal

• US 20070094078A1
• Filed: 10/16/2006
• Published: 04/26/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Michael Elkaim
• Original Assignee: Michael Elkaim
• Inventors: Elkaim, Michael
• Application Number:
  US11/582,053
• Publication Number:
  US 20070094078A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.23
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/12 specially adapted for electronic shopping systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0222 During e-commerce, i.e. online transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]

Abstract

An Internet shopping portal configured to present a user with a Internet shopping portal including a link to one of a number of possible online vendors of goods and services; and to reward the user for using the Internet shopping portal with an authorisation or credit which can be used to download video or audio media.

Claims

1. A method of operating an Internet shopping portal website comprising the steps of:

presenting a user with a Internet shopping portal including a link to one of a number of possible online vendors of goods and services; and

rewarding the user for using the Internet shopping portal with an authorisation or credit which can be used to download video or audio media.

2. A method according to claim 1 wherein such a reward may be payable only when the user followings the link to and enters in to a transaction with said one of a number of possible online vendors of goods and services.

3. A method according to claim 1 wherein the user was initially referred to the Internet shopping portal by a referrer;

the method further comprising the step of rewarding the referral for the user using the Internet shopping portal with an authorisation or credit which can be used to download video or audio media.

4. A method according to claim 1 further comprising the step of presenting to the user of the Internet shopping portal, adjacent the link to one of a number of possible online vendors of goods and services, the rate at which the user can earn from the vendor authorisation or credit which can be used to download video or audio media.

5. An Internet shopping portal server configured to execute a method according to claim 1.