TRUSTED THIRD PARTY CLEARING HOUSE FOR LEAD TRACKING
First Claim
1. A method for tracking sales leads within a lead sales system, comprising:
- pre-processing lead information for a lead obtained by a participant of the system;
encrypting personal information of the pre-processed lead with a one-way hash algorithm as a transmittable message;
sending the message containing the encrypted lead and associated unencrypted log information to a lead clearing house; and
selling the lead to a lead consumer.
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Abstract
A method for tracking sales leads, including a lead clearing house logging receipt in a log of one or more encrypted leads received from a participant of the lead clearing house, the one or more leads including personal lead information having been encrypted with a one-way hash algorithm; comparing the received one or more encrypted leads with stored encrypted leads to find any matches; updating the log related to the one or more encrypted leads with unencrypted log information associated with the matching one or more encrypted leads; and communicating a status to the participant based on the log relating to the one or more leads.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for tracking sales leads within a lead sales system, comprising:
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pre-processing lead information for a lead obtained by a participant of the system; encrypting personal information of the pre-processed lead with a one-way hash algorithm as a transmittable message; sending the message containing the encrypted lead and associated unencrypted log information to a lead clearing house; and selling the lead to a lead consumer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for tracking sales leads within a lead sales system, comprising:
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a lead clearing house logging receipt in a log of one or more encrypted leads received from a participant of the lead clearing house, the one or more leads including personal lead information having been encrypted with a one-way hash algorithm; comparing the received one or more encrypted leads with stored encrypted leads to find any matches; updating the log related to the one or more encrypted leads with unencrypted log information associated with the matching one or more encrypted leads; and communicating a status to the participant based on the log relating to the one or more leads. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A lead clearing house server for tracking sales leads, comprising:
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a network interface, to receive over a network, messages comprising personal lead information encrypted with a one-way hash algorithm, each message comprising at least one encrypted lead and unencrypted log information; a memory to store received encrypted leads together with a log in relation to each encrypted lead; a processor in communication with the memory and the network interface comprising; a comparison module to compare received encrypted leads with stored encrypted leads; and a logging module to log receipt of the encrypted leads along with the associated log information, and if a received encrypted lead has a stored match, to update the log that is in relation to the matching stored encrypted lead; and a communication module in communication with the processor and the network interface to send to a participant of the lead clearing house that sent the at least one encrypted lead a status based on the log in memory related to the at least one encrypted lead. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26)
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25. (canceled)
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