REFERRAL SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A professional referral system on a website comprising:
- a data base and server coupled thereto, the data base and server coupled into a publicly available website;
the data base including information relative to a plurality of vertical business groups stored therein, each vertical business group including a plurality of ad-slots with at least one ad-slot of the plurality of ad-slots including information relative to a member of a plurality of members of the vertical business group, and each member of the plurality of members of the vertical business group being identified by a unique referral code; and
the data base and server designed to retrieve a member'"'"'s information stored with reference to at least one of the ad-slots in response to entering of the member'"'"'s referral code and any request for information in the remaining ad-slots of the vertical business group.
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Abstract
A professional referral system on a website including a data base and server coupled thereto and further coupled into a publicly available website. The data base including a plurality of vertical business groups stored therein, each vertical business group including a plurality of ad-slots with each ad-slot including information relative to a member of the vertical business group, and each member of the vertical business group being identified by a unique referral code. The data base and server designed to retrieve a member'"'"'s information stored with reference to at least one of the ad-slots in response to entering of the member'"'"'s referral code and any request for information in the remaining ad-slots of the vertical business group.
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18 Claims
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1. A professional referral system on a website comprising:
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a data base and server coupled thereto, the data base and server coupled into a publicly available website; the data base including information relative to a plurality of vertical business groups stored therein, each vertical business group including a plurality of ad-slots with at least one ad-slot of the plurality of ad-slots including information relative to a member of a plurality of members of the vertical business group, and each member of the plurality of members of the vertical business group being identified by a unique referral code; and the data base and server designed to retrieve a member'"'"'s information stored with reference to at least one of the ad-slots in response to entering of the member'"'"'s referral code and any request for information in the remaining ad-slots of the vertical business group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A professional referral system on a website comprising:
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a data base and server coupled thereto, the data base and server coupled into a publicly available website; the data base being designed to store information relative to a plurality of vertical business groups, each vertical business group including a plurality of ad-slots with at least one ad-slot of the plurality of ad-slots including information relative to a member of a plurality of members of the vertical business group; and marketing information of a first professional of a first vertical business group of the plurality of vertical business groups stored with reference to a first one of the plurality of ad-slots of the first vertical business group in the data base, the server being designed to make the stored marketing information of the first professional available for retrieval by clients in response to entry of a first unique referral code; and marketing information of a second professional, referred by the first professional, of the first vertical business group stored with reference to a second one of the plurality of ad-slots of the first vertical business group in the data base, the server being designed to make the stored marketing information of the second professional and the stored marketing information of the first professional available for retrieval by clients in response to entry of a second unique referral code. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A method of referring professionals comprising the steps of:
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providing a marketing system including a data base and server coupled thereto and further coupled into a publicly available website, the data base including information relative to a plurality of vertical business groups stored therein, each vertical business group including a plurality of ad-slots with at least one ad-slot of the plurality of ad-slots including information relative to a member of the vertical business group, and each member of the vertical business group being identified by a unique referral code, and the data base and server designed to retrieve a member'"'"'s information stored with reference to at least one of the ad-slots in response to entering of the member'"'"'s referral code and any request for information in the remaining ad-slots of the vertical business group; a sponsor registering on the marketing system as a member to advertise in one of the plurality of ad-slots of one of the plurality of vertical business groups, the sponsor providing marketing information for storage and retrieval in the one of the plurality of ad-slots; the server generating a unique referral code to the sponsor; the sponsor distributing the unique referral code to clients; and the stored marketing information available for retrieval by the clients in response to entry of the unique referral code. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of referring professionals comprising the steps of:
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providing a marketing system including a data base and server coupled thereto and further coupled into a publicly available website, the data base including storage for information relative to a plurality of vertical business groups, each vertical business group including a plurality of ad-slots with each ad-slot of the plurality of ad-slots provided for information relative to each different member of the vertical business group; a first professional of one vertical business group of the plurality of vertical business groups registering on the marketing system as a member to advertise in a first one of the plurality of ad-slots of the one vertical business group, the first professional providing marketing information for storage and retrieval in the first one of the plurality of ad-slots of the one vertical business group; the server generating a first unique referral code to the first professional, the stored marketing information of the first professional being available for retrieval by clients in response to entry of the first unique referral code; the first professional providing the first unique referral code to a second professional of the one vertical business group; the second professional registering on the marketing system as a member and providing marketing information for storage and retrieval in a second one of the plurality of ad-slots of the one vertical business group; and the server generating a second unique referral code to the second professional, the stored marketing information of the second professional and the first professional being available for retrieval by clients in response to entry of the second unique referral code. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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