AFFILIATE AND CROSS PROMOTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS
First Claim
1. A system for managing referrals and awarding at least one promotion between a consumer, merchant, and at least one affiliate;
- a referral identifier generator for an affiliate to give at least one consumer a referral identifier, said referral identifier generator in a computer processor system coupled to a network and said referral identifier representing a promotional offer for at least one consumer;
an affiliate tracking system for accepting and tracking said referral identifier from said at least one consumer, said affiliate tracking system in a computer coupled to a network, wherein said at least one consumer is awarded at least one promotion according to said referral identifier, said affiliate is awarded at least one affiliate reward according to said at least one consumers purchase history with at least one store and said merchant is awarded at least one merchant reward according to said at least one consumers purchase history with at least one store.
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Abstract
A system for managing referrals between a consumer, merchant, and at least one affiliate; a referral identifier generator for an affiliate to give at least one consumer a referral identifier and representing a promotional offer for at least one consumer; an affiliate tracking system for accepting and tracking the referral identifier, wherein at least one consumer is awarded at least one promotion according to the referral identifier, the affiliate is awarded at least one affiliate reward according to the at least one consumers purchase history with at least one store and the merchant is awarded at least one merchant reward according to the at least one consumers purchase history with at least one store.
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30 Claims
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1. A system for managing referrals and awarding at least one promotion between a consumer, merchant, and at least one affiliate;
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a referral identifier generator for an affiliate to give at least one consumer a referral identifier, said referral identifier generator in a computer processor system coupled to a network and said referral identifier representing a promotional offer for at least one consumer; an affiliate tracking system for accepting and tracking said referral identifier from said at least one consumer, said affiliate tracking system in a computer coupled to a network, wherein said at least one consumer is awarded at least one promotion according to said referral identifier, said affiliate is awarded at least one affiliate reward according to said at least one consumers purchase history with at least one store and said merchant is awarded at least one merchant reward according to said at least one consumers purchase history with at least one store. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for managing referrals between a consumer, merchant, and at least one affiliate;
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generating a referral identifier by a referral identifier generator in a computer processor coupled to a network for an affiliate to give at least one consumer, said referral identifier representing a promotional offer for at least one consumer; accepting and tracking said referral identifier from said at least one consumer in an affiliate tracking system in a computer processor coupled to a network; awarding said at least one consumer at least one promotion according to said referral identifier; awarding said affiliate at least one affiliate reward according to said at least one consumers purchase history with at least one store; and awarding said merchant at least one merchant reward according to said at least one consumers purchase history with at least one store. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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