DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF RECOMMENDATION-BASED REWARDING

• US 20080154724A1
• Filed: 12/18/2007
• Published: 06/26/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Recommendad, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Recommendad, Ltd.
• Inventors: Milo, Amir, Machlin, Yuval, Strasman, Alon, Ginsburg, Uri
• Application Number:
  US11/958,420
• Publication Number:
  US 20080154724A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0214 Referral reward systems

Abstract

Some embodiments include, for example, devices, systems, and methods of recommendation-based transaction rewarding. A method may include, for example, receiving from a cellular phone associated with a recommender of an item a request message to recommend the item to at least one addressee, wherein the request message includes item identification information identifying the item, a number of the cellular phone, and addressee identification information identifying the addressee; based on the recommendation request message, sending a recommendation to the addressee, wherein the recommendation includes item details sufficient to identify the item to the addressee, and recommender details sufficient to identify the recommender to the addressee, wherein the recommender details are based on the number of the cellular phone; receiving transaction information indicating that the addressee has performed a transaction with relation to the item; and updating a reward account of the recommender based on the transaction information.

Claims

1. A method of recommendation-based transaction rewarding, the method comprising:

receiving from a cellular phone associated with a recommender of an item a request message to recommend said item to at least one addressee, wherein said request message includes item identification information identifying said item, a number of said cellular phone, and addressee identification information identifying said addressee;

based on said recommendation request message, sending a recommendation to said addressee, wherein said recommendation includes item details sufficient to identify said item to said addressee, and recommender details sufficient to identify said recommender to said addressee, wherein said recommender details are based on the number of said cellular phone;

receiving transaction information indicating that said addressee has performed a transaction with relation to said item; and

updating a reward account of said recommender based on said transaction information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said addressee identification information includes a cellular phone number associated with said addressee, and wherein sending said recommendation comprises sending a message to the cellular phone number of said addressee.

3. The method of claim 1 comprising sending updated account information related to the updated reward account to said recommender.

4. The method of claim 1 comprising:

updating an addressee reward account of said addressee based on said transaction information; and

sending to said addressee a message including information related the updated reward account of said addressee.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving said transaction information comprises receiving coupon information sufficient to identify a coupon provided to said addressee.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein said coupon comprises a coupon provided to said addressee upon performing said transaction, and wherein receiving said coupon information comprises receiving said coupon information from said addressee.

7. The method of claim 5 comprising:

providing said coupon to said addressee; and

receiving said coupon information if said addressee performs said transaction.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said item details include at least one of a name of said item, a description of said item, a location corresponding to said item, details of a provider of said item, and a price of said item;

and wherein said recommender details include at least one of a name of said recommender, a nickname of said recommender, an electronic-mail address of said recommender, an instant-messaging identity of said recommender, and a phone number of said recommender.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said item identification information comprises an offer code sufficient to identity a predefined offer of said item.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein said request message comprises a short-message-service message.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein said addressee is said recommender.

12. A method of recommendation-based transaction rewarding, the method comprising:

receiving a recommendation request message to recommend an item to at least one addressee, wherein said recommendation request message includes item identification information identifying said item, message generator information identifying a generator of said request message, an authentication of said generator information, and addressee identification information identifying said addressee;

based on said recommendation request message, sending a recommendation to said addressee, wherein said recommendation includes item details sufficient to identify said item to said addressee, and recommender details sufficient to identify a recommender of said item to said addressee, wherein said recommender details are based on said message generator information;

receiving transaction information indicating that said addressee has performed a transaction with relation to said item; and

updating a reward account of said recommender based on said transaction information.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein said transaction information indicates said addressee has performed said transaction with relation to said item based on said recommendation.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein said transaction information includes information relating to a plurality of transactions, and wherein said method comprises detecting whether said addressee has performed said transaction based on said recommendation.

15. The method of claim 12 comprising sending to said recommender updated account information related to the updated reward account.

16. The method of claim 12 comprising:

updating an addressee reward account of said addressee based on said transaction information; and

sending to said addressee updated account information related to the updated reward account of said addressee.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein receiving said transaction information comprises receiving coupon information sufficient to identify a coupon provided to said addressee.

18. A recommendation-based transaction rewarding server capable of receiving from a cellular phone associated with a recommender of an item a request message to recommend said item to at least one addressee, wherein said request message includes item identification information identifying said item, a number of said cellular phone, and addressee identification information identifying said addressee;

based on said recommendation request message, sending a recommendation to said addressee, wherein said recommendation includes item details sufficient to identify said item to said addressee, and recommender details sufficient to identify said recommender to said addressee, wherein said recommender details are based on the number of said cellular phone;

receiving transaction information indicating that said addressee has performed a transaction with relation to said item; and

updating a reward account of said recommender based on said transaction information.

19. The recommendation-based transaction rewarding server of claim 18, wherein said addressee identification information includes a cellular phone number associated with said addressee, and wherein sending said recommendation comprises sending a message to the cellular phone number of said addressee.

20. The recommendation-based transaction rewarding server of claim 18, wherein said server is capable of sending to said recommender updated account information related to the updated reward account.

21. The recommendation-based transaction rewarding server of claim 18, wherein said server is capable of updating an addressee reward account of said addressee based on said transaction information;

and sending to said addressee a message including information related the updated reward account of said addressee.

22. The recommendation-based transaction rewarding server of claim 18, wherein said transaction information comprises coupon information sufficient to identify a coupon provided to said addressee.

23. The recommendation-based transaction rewarding server of claim 18, wherein said request message comprises a short-message-service message.