Web-based incentive system and method
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1. A system for enabling an Internet user to appropriate a benefit by interacting with a website that is promoted by an Internet vendor, comprising:
- an Internet vendor account for each of a plurality of Internet vendors registered in the system, wherein the Internet vendor account includes a pledge amount;
an Internet user account for each of a plurality of Internet users registered in the system; and
a smart client configured to present data of the Internet vendor account, monitor a user activity of the Internet user, and provide the user activity to a web server, wherein the web server is configured to allocate the benefit based on the user activity.
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Abstract
A method for providing an incentive to an Internet user to interact with a website. The present invention includes a network capable of capturing a portion of money related to Internet commerce, and allocating said money in a manner that provides incentive to an Internet user to interact with a website.
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1. A system for enabling an Internet user to appropriate a benefit by interacting with a website that is promoted by an Internet vendor, comprising:
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an Internet vendor account for each of a plurality of Internet vendors registered in the system, wherein the Internet vendor account includes a pledge amount;
an Internet user account for each of a plurality of Internet users registered in the system; and
a smart client configured to present data of the Internet vendor account, monitor a user activity of the Internet user, and provide the user activity to a web server, wherein the web server is configured to allocate the benefit based on the user activity. - 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, 24)
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25. A method for enabling an Internet user to appropriate a benefit by interacting with a website that is promoted by an Internet vendor, comprising:
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maintaining a database having stored thereon;
an Internet vendor account for each of a plurality of Internet vendors registered in the system, wherein the Internet vendor account includes a pledge amount;
an Internet user account for each of a plurality of Internet users registered in the system;
monitoring a user activity of the Internet user;
cross-referencing the user activity with data of the Internet vendor account to identify a common term;
presenting data of the Internet vendor account when the common term is identified;
monitoring an interaction between the Internet user and the website that is promoted by the Internet vendor; and
allocating the benefit. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method for providing an incentive to an Internet user to interact with a website, comprising:
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monitoring a user activity of an Internet user;
searching a database for an Internet vendor based on the user activity;
presenting a hyperlink to a website that is maintained by the Internet vendor;
monitoring an interaction between the Internet user and the website; and
allocating a benefit. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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