Measuring the effectiveness of a person testimonial promotion
First Claim
1. A method of pushing promotional offers to a person of a computer-implemented fan-based network based on behavior of fans of said person, said method comprising:
- (a) monitoring one or more actions of multiple fans of said person of said computer-implemented fan-based network, wherein each of said fans of said person has a pre-existing relationship with said person by at least being a fan of said person;
(b) characterizing at least one of said fans of said person based on said one or more monitored actions of said fans, wherein said characterizing is with respect to one or more domains;
(c) determining a measure of influence of said person with respect to one or more of said domains, wherein said measure of influence is at least partially based on said characterizing of said fans of said person;
(d) having a plurality of promotional offers, wherein each of said promotional offers is associated with one or more of said domains; and
(e) pushing at least one of said promotional offers to said person based on said measure of influence of said person and said domain associated with said pushed promotional offer.
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Abstract
Behavioral targeting to push promotional offers to a person, such as an artist, celebrity, athlete, politician, of a fan-based network is provided. The selection and redemption of promotional offers can increase by providing persons of a fan-based network with relevant and high value offers. In addition, marketing campaigns can increase their effectiveness with knowledge and identification of persons having a high degree of influence on other persons. A person'"'"'s measure of influence is determined by characterizations of the person'"'"'s fans based on monitored actions of the fans. Relevant promotional offers can be targeted to a consumer based indirectly on the actions of the fans of the consumer in addition to the direct behavior of the consumer himself. The actions and behavior of a consumer and his or her fans can be tracked within the fan-based network setting. Pushing relevant and high value offers enables rapid and viral spread of offers.
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22 Claims
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1. A method of pushing promotional offers to a person of a computer-implemented fan-based network based on behavior of fans of said person, said method comprising:
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(a) monitoring one or more actions of multiple fans of said person of said computer-implemented fan-based network, wherein each of said fans of said person has a pre-existing relationship with said person by at least being a fan of said person; (b) characterizing at least one of said fans of said person based on said one or more monitored actions of said fans, wherein said characterizing is with respect to one or more domains; (c) determining a measure of influence of said person with respect to one or more of said domains, wherein said measure of influence is at least partially based on said characterizing of said fans of said person; (d) having a plurality of promotional offers, wherein each of said promotional offers is associated with one or more of said domains; and (e) pushing at least one of said promotional offers to said person based on said measure of influence of said person and said domain associated with said pushed promotional offer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for measuring influence and pushing promotional offers, said system comprising:
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(a) a computer-implemented fan-based network of a plurality of persons, wherein each of said persons of said fan-based network has one or more fans; (b) a monitor function for monitoring actions of said fans of one or more of said persons; (c) a characterize function for characterizing at least one of said fans of one or more of said persons based on said one or more monitored actions of said fans, wherein said characterizing is with respect to one or more domains; (d) an influence function for determining a measure of influence of each of said persons with said monitored fans, wherein said measure of influence is with respect to one or more of said domains, and wherein said measure of influence is at least partially based on said characterizing of said fans of the same of said persons; (e) a plurality of promotional offers, wherein each of said promotional offers is associated with one or more of said domains; and (f) an offer function for pushing at least one of said promotional offers to be received by at least one of said persons, wherein said pushed promotional offers are based on said measure of influence of each of said receiving persons and said domains associated with said pushed promotional offers. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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