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