INTERNET SEARCH ENGINE AFFILIATE SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
1. An Internet search engine affiliate system, comprising:
- a merchant site server, the merchant site server being a server of a merchant site including a product sales website for providing an online space for sales or buying of one or more products over an Internet and an information sales website for providing paid information or at least one paid advertisement, the merchant site server being provided with a database storing merchandise information of the merchant site;
at least one affiliate application provider server for distributing at least one application, that is, software for performing an affiliate advertising function for merchandise, to at least one application distributor terminal over the Internet, and, when the application distributor terminal receives a search request signal for merchandise registered on the merchant site from at least one buyer terminal through the application, sending search result merchandise information in response to the search request signal to the buyer terminal through the application;
the application distributor terminal for executing the distributed application, sending information about the merchandise registered on the merchant site to the buyer terminal over the Internet, and receiving the search request signal for the merchandise registered on the merchant site from the buyer terminal through the application;
the buyer terminal for receiving and displaying the information about the merchandise registered on the merchant site; and
the Internet for connecting the merchant site server, the affiliate application provider server and the application distributor terminal to each other.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is an Internet search engine affiliate system and method. The system includes a merchant site server, at least one affiliate application provider server for distributing at least one application for performing an affiliate advertising function for merchandise to at least one application distributor terminal, and, when the application distributor terminal receives a search request signal for merchandise registered on the merchant site from at least one buyer terminal, sending search result merchandise information to the buyer terminal, the application distributor terminal for executing the distributed application, sending information about the merchandise registered on the merchant site to the buyer terminal, and receiving the search request signal for the merchandise from the buyer terminal, the buyer terminal for receiving and displaying the information about the merchandise, and the Internet for connecting the merchant site server, the affiliate application provider server and the application distributor terminal to each other.
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Citations
28 Claims
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1. An Internet search engine affiliate system, comprising:
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a merchant site server, the merchant site server being a server of a merchant site including a product sales website for providing an online space for sales or buying of one or more products over an Internet and an information sales website for providing paid information or at least one paid advertisement, the merchant site server being provided with a database storing merchandise information of the merchant site; at least one affiliate application provider server for distributing at least one application, that is, software for performing an affiliate advertising function for merchandise, to at least one application distributor terminal over the Internet, and, when the application distributor terminal receives a search request signal for merchandise registered on the merchant site from at least one buyer terminal through the application, sending search result merchandise information in response to the search request signal to the buyer terminal through the application; the application distributor terminal for executing the distributed application, sending information about the merchandise registered on the merchant site to the buyer terminal over the Internet, and receiving the search request signal for the merchandise registered on the merchant site from the buyer terminal through the application; the buyer terminal for receiving and displaying the information about the merchandise registered on the merchant site; and the Internet for connecting the merchant site server, the affiliate application provider server and the application distributor terminal to each other. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An Internet search engine affiliate method using an Internet search engine affiliate system including a merchant site server, the merchant site server being a server of a merchant site including a product sales website for providing an online space for sales or buying of one or more products over an Internet and an information sales website for providing paid information or at least one paid advertisement, at least one affiliate application provider server for distributing at least one application, that is, software for performing an affiliate advertising function for merchandise, to at least one application distributor terminal over the Internet, the application distributor terminal for executing the distributed application and sending information about the merchandise registered on the merchant site to the buyer terminal over the Internet, the buyer terminal for displaying the received merchandise information, at least one seller terminal for sending a merchandise registration request signal including information about merchandise to be sold on the merchant site to the merchant site, and the Internet for connecting the merchant site server, the affiliate application provider server, the application distributor terminal and the seller terminal to each other, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) the affiliate application provider server receiving a search request signal for merchandise registered on the merchant site from the application distributor terminal through the application; (b) the affiliate application provider server sending search result merchandise information to the application distributor terminal through the application; (c) the affiliate application provider server receiving a merchandise link request signal for specific merchandise from the application distributor terminal, and linking merchandise for which a merchandise link request signal has been received to corresponding merchandise registered on the merchant site; and (d) the affiliate application provider server sending information about the linked merchandise to the buyer terminal. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An Internet search engine affiliate system, comprising:
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at least one affiliate application provider server, the affiliate application provider server functioning as a server of a merchant site including a product sales website for providing an online space for sales or buying of one or more products over an Internet and an information sales website for providing paid information or at least one paid advertisement, the affiliate application provider server being provided with a database storing merchandise information of the merchant site, and the affiliate application provider server distributing at least one application, that is, software for performing an affiliate advertising function for merchandise, to at least one application distributor terminal over the Internet, and, when the application distributor terminal receives a search request signal for merchandise registered on the merchant site from at least one buyer terminal through the application, sending search result merchandise information in response to the search request signal to the buyer terminal through the application; the buyer terminal for sending a search request signal for the merchandise registered on the merchant site to the affiliate application provider server through the application, and receiving and displaying search result merchandise information; and the Internet for connecting the affiliate application provider server and the buyer terminal to each other.
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28. An Internet search engine affiliate system, comprising:
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a merchant site server, the merchant site server being a server of a merchant site including a product sales website for providing an online space for sales or buying of one or more products over an Internet and an information sales website for providing paid information or at least one paid advertisement, the merchant site server being provided with a database storing merchandise information of the merchant site; at least one affiliate application provider server for distributing at least one application, that is, software for performing an affiliate advertising function for merchandise, to at least one application distributor terminal over the Internet, and, when a search request signal for merchandise registered on the merchant site is received from at least one buyer terminal through the application, sending search result merchandise information in response to the search request signal to the buyer terminal through the application; the buyer terminal for sending a search request signal for the merchandise registered on the merchant site to the affiliate application provider server through the application, and receiving and displaying search result merchandise information; and the Internet for connecting the merchant site server, the affiliate application provider server and the buyer terminal to each other.
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