System for allocating rebates in conjunction with a product
First Claim
1. A system for allocating rebates in conjunction with a product, comprising:
- a network which includes sets of members Mn, Mn+1 and Mn+2, wherein each member of Mn+1 has subscribed to the product through a member of Mn, and wherein each member of Mn+2 has subscribed to the product through a member of Mn+1; and
a rebate allocation system which allocates rebates to members of the network such that a first rebate is allocated to a member mxε
Mn for each member mx ε
Sx that has subscribed to the product through member mx, wherein Sx⊂
Mn+1, and such that a second rebate is allocated to member mx for each member mxyε
Sxy that has subscribed to the product through member mxy, wherein Sxy⊂
Mn+2.
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Abstract
A system is provided for allocating rebates in conjunction with a product. The system comprises (a) a network which includes sets of members Mn, Mn+1 and Mn+2, wherein each member of Mn+1 has subscribed to the product through a member of Mn, and wherein each member of Mn+2 has subscribed to the product through a member of Mn+1; and (b) a rebate allocation system which allocates rebates to members of the network such that a first rebate is allocated to a member mxεMn for each member mxyεSx that has subscribed to the product through member mx, wherein Sx⊂Mn+1, and such that a second rebate is allocated to member mx for each member mxyzεSxy that has subscribed to the product through member mxy, wherein Sxy⊂Mn+2.
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1. A system for allocating rebates in conjunction with a product, comprising:
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a network which includes sets of members Mn, Mn+1 and Mn+2, wherein each member of Mn+1 has subscribed to the product through a member of Mn, and wherein each member of Mn+2 has subscribed to the product through a member of Mn+1; and a rebate allocation system which allocates rebates to members of the network such that a first rebate is allocated to a member mxε
Mn for each member mx ε
Sx that has subscribed to the product through member mx, wherein Sx⊂
Mn+1, and such that a second rebate is allocated to member mx for each member mxyε
Sxy that has subscribed to the product through member mxy, wherein Sxy⊂
Mn+2. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for allocating rebates in conjunction with a financial instrument, comprising:
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a network which includes first, second and third sets of members, wherein each member of the second set subscribes to the financial instrument through a member of the first set, and wherein each member of the third set subscribes to the financial instrument through a member of the second set; and a rebate allocation system which allocates rebates to members of the network such that a first rebate is allocated to a member of the first set for each member of the second set that subscribes to the financial instrument through that member of the first set, and such that a second rebate is allocated to a member of the second set for each member of the third set that subscribes to the financial instrument through that member of the second set.
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