Website presence marketplace

• US 20090210352A1
• Filed: 02/20/2008
• Published: 08/20/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: PurpleComm Incorporated
• Original Assignee: PurpleComm Incorporated
• Inventors: Sheu, William H., Chang, Jack H., Tuan, Sherman
• Application Number:
  US12/070,770
• Publication Number:
  US 20090210352A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/80
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0255 based on user history
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0275 Auctions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/188 Electronic negotiation

Abstract

A website presence marketplace includes publishing one or more website presence catalogs, each of the website presence catalogs listing one or more groupings of website presence information for sale from a particular website, receiving website presence information from one or more websites associated with the one or more website information catalogs, and sending the website presence information to one or more buyers of the website presence information. The website presence information describes one or more of the state of a website object regarding its participation in a communication session, the ability of the website object to participate in a communication session, and the willingness of the website object to participate in a communication session. Each of the one or more objects represents an entity associated with the website.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

publishing one or more website presence catalogs, each of the website presence catalogs listing one or more groupings of website presence information for sale from a particular website;

receiving website presence information from one or more websites associated with the one or more website information catalogs; and

sending the website presence information to one or more buyers of the website presence information.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving one or more payments from the one or more buyers; and

sending the one or more payments to the one or more buyers.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the one or more payments use a monetary currency.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein the one or more payments use a virtual money system.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein one or more entries of the one or more website presence information catalogs are categorized based at least in part on a geographic region that registered website visitors are from.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein one or more entries of the one or more website presence information catalogs are categorized based at least in part on a monetary amount spent by registered website visitors at the website.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein one or more entries of the one or more website presence information catalogs are categorized based at least in part on whether registered website visitors purchased a particular product at the website.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein one or more entries of the one or more website presence information catalogs are categorized based at least in part on whether registered website visitors purchased a particular product at the website within a specified period.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein one or more entries of the one or more website presence information catalogs are categorized based at least in part on a monetary amount spent on a particular product type at the website.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein one or more entries of the one or more website presence information catalogs are categorized based at least in part on one or more interests of registered website visitors.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein one or more entries of the one or more website presence information catalogs are categorized based at least in part on a website event type.

12. A method comprising:

publishing a website presence catalog listing one or more groupings of website presence information for sale from a website;

receiving one or more offers for the one or more groupings;

accepting at least one of the one or more offers from one or more buyers; and

sending website presence information to the one or more buyers.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein the publishing further comprises publishing the website presence information via a cross-website marketing portal.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving one or more payments from the one or more buyers; and

sending the one or more payments to one or more sellers of the website presence information sent to the one or more buyers.

15. The method of claim 12 wherein the one or more payments use a monetary currency.

16. The method of claim 12 wherein the one or more payments use a virtual money system.

17. The method of claim 12 wherein one or more entries of the website presence information catalog are categorized based at least in part on a geographic region that registered website visitors are from.

18. The method of claim 12 wherein one or more entries of the website presence information catalog are categorized based at least in part on a monetary amount spent by registered website visitors at the website.

19. The method of claim 12 wherein one or more entries of the website presence information catalog are categorized based at least in part on whether registered website visitors purchased a particular product at the website.

20. The method of claim 19 wherein one or more entries of the website presence information catalog are categorized based at least in part on whether registered website visitors purchased a particular product at the website within a specified period.

21. The method of claim 12 wherein one or more entries of the website presence information catalog are categorized based at least in part on a monetary amount spent on a particular product type at the website.

22. The method of claim 12 wherein one or more entries of the website presence information catalog are categorized based at least in part on one or more interests of registered website visitors.

23. The method of claim 12 wherein one or more entries of the website presence information catalog are categorized based at least in part on a website event type.

24. A method comprising:

accepting from one or more bidders one or more bids for website presence information; and

selling the website presence information to the one or more bidders having the highest bids.

25. An apparatus comprising:

a memory; and

a processor configured to;

publish one or more website presence catalogs, each of the website presence catalogs listing one or more groupings of website presence information for sale from a particular website;

receive website presence information from one or more websites associated with the one or more website information catalogs; and

send the website presence information to one or more buyers of the website presence information.

26. The apparatus of claim 25 wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive one or more payments from the one or more buyers; and

send the one or more payments to the one or more buyers.

27. The apparatus of claim 26 wherein the one or more payments use a monetary currency.

28. The apparatus of claim 26 wherein the one or more payments use a virtual money system.

29. The apparatus of claim 25 wherein one or more entries of the one or more website presence information catalogs are categorized based at least in part on a geographic region that registered website visitors are from.

30. The apparatus of claim 25 wherein one or more entries of the one or more website presence information catalogs are categorized based at least in part on a monetary amount spent by registered website visitors at the website.

31. The apparatus of claim 25 wherein one or more entries of the one or more website presence information catalogs are categorized based at least in part on whether registered website visitors purchased a particular product at the website.

32. The apparatus of claim 31 wherein one or more entries of the one or more website presence information catalogs are categorized based at least in part on whether registered website visitors purchased a particular product at the website within a specified period.

33. The apparatus of claim 25 wherein one or more entries of the one or more website presence information catalogs are categorized based at least in part on a monetary amount spent on a particular product type at the website.

34. The apparatus of claim 25 wherein one or more entries of the one or more website presence information catalogs are categorized based at least in part on one or more interests of registered website visitors.

35. The apparatus of claim 25 wherein one or more entries of the one or more website presence information catalogs are categorized based at least in part on a website event type.

36. An apparatus comprising:

a memory; and

a processor configured to;

publish a website presence catalog listing one or more groupings of website presence information for sale from a website;

receive one or more offers for the one or more groupings;

accept at least one of the one or more offers from one or more buyers; and

send website presence information to the one or more buyers.

37. The apparatus of claim 36 wherein the processor is further configured to publish the website presence information via a cross-website marketing portal.

38. The apparatus of claim 36 wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive one or more payments from the one or more buyers; and

send the one or more payments to one or more sellers of the website presence information sent to the one or more buyers.

39. The apparatus of claim 36 wherein the one or more payments use a monetary currency.

40. The apparatus of claim 36 wherein the one or more payments use a virtual money system.

41. The apparatus of claim 36 wherein one or more entries of the website presence information catalog are categorized based at least in part on a geographic region that registered website visitors are from.

42. The apparatus of claim 36 wherein one or more entries of the website presence information catalog are categorized based at least in part on a monetary amount spent by registered website visitors at the website.

43. The apparatus of claim 36 wherein one or more entries of the website presence information catalog are categorized based at least in part on whether registered website visitors purchased a particular product at the website.

44. The apparatus of claim 43 wherein one or more entries of the website presence information catalog are categorized based at least in part on whether registered website visitors purchased a particular product at the website within a specified period.

45. The apparatus of claim 36 wherein one or more entries of the website presence information catalog are categorized based at least in part on a monetary amount spent on a particular product type at the website.

46. The apparatus of claim 36 wherein one or more entries of the website presence information catalog are categorized based at least in part on one or more interests of registered website visitors.

47. The apparatus of claim 36 wherein one or more entries of the website presence information catalog are categorized based at least in part on a website event type.

48. An apparatus comprising:

a memory; and

a processor configured to;

accept from one or more bidders one or more bids for website presence information; and

sell the website presence information to the one or more bidders having the highest bids.

49. An apparatus comprising:

means for publishing one or more website presence catalogs, each of the website presence catalogs listing one or more groupings of website presence information for sale from a particular website;

means for receiving website presence information from one or more websites associated with the one or more website information catalogs; and

means for sending the website presence information to one or more buyers of the website presence information.

50. The apparatus of claim 49, further comprising:

means for receiving one or more payments from the one or more buyers; and

means for sending the one or more payments to the one or more buyers.

51. The apparatus of claim 50 wherein the one or more payments use a monetary currency.

52. The apparatus of claim 50 wherein the one or more payments use a virtual money system.

53. The apparatus of claim 49 wherein one or more entries of the one or more website presence information catalogs are categorized based at least in part on a geographic region that registered website visitors are from.

54. The apparatus of claim 49 wherein one or more entries of the one or more website presence information catalogs are categorized based at least in part on a monetary amount spent by registered website visitors at the website.

55. The apparatus of claim 49 wherein one or more entries of the one or more website presence information catalogs are categorized based at least in part on whether registered website visitors purchased a particular product at the website.

56. The apparatus of claim 55 wherein one or more entries of the one or more website presence information catalogs are categorized based at least in part on whether registered website visitors purchased a particular product at the website within a specified period.

57. The apparatus of claim 49 wherein one or more entries of the one or more website presence information catalogs are categorized based at least in part on a monetary amount spent on a particular product type at the website.

58. The apparatus of claim 49 wherein one or more entries of the one or more website presence information catalogs are categorized based at least in part on one or more interests of registered website visitors.

59. The apparatus of claim 49 wherein one or more entries of the one or more website presence information catalogs are categorized based at least in part on a website event type.

60. An apparatus comprising:

means for publishing a website presence catalog listing one or more groupings of website presence information for sale from a website;

means for receiving one or more offers for the one or more groupings;

means for accepting at least one of the one or more offers from one or more buyers; and

means for sending website presence information to the one or more buyers.

61. The apparatus of claim 60 wherein the publishing further comprises means for publishing the website presence information via a cross-website marketing portal.

62. The apparatus of claim 60, further comprising:

means for receiving one or more payments from the one or more buyers; and

means for sending the one or more payments to one or more sellers of the website presence information sent to the one or more buyers.

63. The apparatus of claim 60 wherein the one or more payments use a monetary currency.

64. The apparatus of claim 60 wherein the one or more payments use a virtual money system.

65. The apparatus of claim 60 wherein one or more entries of the website presence information catalog are categorized based at least in part on a geographic region that registered website visitors are from.

66. The apparatus of claim 60 wherein one or more entries of the website presence information catalog are categorized based at least in part on a monetary amount spent by registered website visitors at the website.

67. The apparatus of claim 60 wherein one or more entries of the website presence information catalog are categorized based at least in part on whether registered website visitors purchased a particular product at the website.

68. The apparatus of claim 67 wherein one or more entries of the website presence information catalog are categorized based at least in part on whether registered website visitors purchased a particular product at the website within a specified period.

69. The apparatus of claim 60 wherein one or more entries of the website presence information catalog are categorized based at least in part on a monetary amount spent on a particular product type at the website.

70. The apparatus of claim 60 wherein one or more entries of the website presence information catalog are categorized based at least in part on one or more interests of registered website visitors.

71. The apparatus of claim 60 wherein one or more entries of the website presence information catalog are categorized based at least in part on a website event type.

72. An apparatus comprising:

means for accepting from one or more bidders one or more bids for website presence information; and

means for selling the website presence information to the one or more bidders having the highest bids.

73. A program storage device readable by a machine, embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method, the method comprising:

publishing one or more website presence catalogs, each of the website presence catalogs listing one or more groupings of website presence information for sale from a particular website;

receiving website presence information from one or more websites associated with the one or more website information catalogs; and

sending the website presence information to one or more buyers of the website presence information.

74. The program storage device of claim 73, the method further comprising:

receiving one or more payments from the one or more buyers; and

sending the one or more payments to the one or more buyers.

75. The program storage device of claim 74 wherein the one or more payments use a monetary currency.

76. The program storage device of claim 74 wherein the one or more payments use a virtual money system.

77. The program storage device of claim 73 wherein one or more entries of the one or more website presence information catalogs are categorized based at least in part on a geographic region that registered website visitors are from.

78. The program storage device of claim 73 wherein one or more entries of the one or more website presence information catalogs are categorized based at least in part on a monetary amount spent by registered website visitors at the website.

79. The program storage device of claim 73 wherein one or more entries of the one or more website presence information catalogs are categorized based at least in part on whether registered website visitors purchased a particular product at the website.

80. The program storage device of claim 79 wherein one or more entries of the one or more website presence information catalogs are categorized based at least in part on whether registered website visitors purchased a particular product at the website within a specified period.

81. The program storage device of claim 73 wherein one or more entries of the one or more website presence information catalogs are categorized based at least in part on a monetary amount spent on a particular product type at the website.

82. The program storage device of claim 73 wherein one or more entries of the one or more website presence information catalogs are categorized based at least in part on one or more interests of registered website visitors.

83. The program storage device of claim 73 wherein one or more entries of the one or more website presence information catalogs are categorized based at least in part on a website event type.

84. A program storage device readable by a machine, embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method, the method comprising:

publishing a website presence catalog listing one or more groupings of website presence information for sale from a website;

receiving one or more offers for the one or more groupings;

accepting at least one of the one or more offers from one or more buyers; and

sending website presence information to the one or more buyers.

85. The program storage device of claim 84 wherein the publishing further comprises publishing the website presence information via a cross-website marketing portal.

86. The program storage device of claim 84, the method further comprising:

receiving one or more payments from the one or more buyers; and

sending the one or more payments to one or more sellers of the website presence information sent to the one or more buyers.

87. The program storage device of claim 84 wherein the one or more payments use a monetary currency.

88. The program storage device of claim 84 wherein the one or more payments use a virtual money system.

89. The program storage device of claim 84 wherein one or more entries of the website presence information catalog are categorized based at least in part on a geographic region that registered website visitors are from.

90. The program storage device of claim 84 wherein one or more entries of the website presence information catalog are categorized based at least in part on a monetary amount spent by registered website visitors at the website.

91. The program storage device of claim 84 wherein one or more entries of the website presence information catalog are categorized based at least in part on whether registered website visitors purchased a particular product at the website.

92. The program storage device of claim 91 wherein one or more entries of the website presence information catalog are categorized based at least in part on whether registered website visitors purchased a particular product at the website within a specified period.

93. The program storage device of claim 84 wherein one or more entries of the website presence information catalog are categorized based at least in part on a monetary amount spent on a particular product type at the website.

94. The program storage device of claim 84 wherein one or more entries of the website presence information catalog are categorized based at least in part on one or more interests of registered website visitors.

95. The program storage device of claim 84 wherein one or more entries of the website presence information catalog are categorized based at least in part on a website event type.

96. A program storage device readable by a machine, embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method, the method comprising:

accepting from one or more bidders one or more bids for website presence information; and

selling the website presence information to the one or more bidders having the highest bids.