SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SOCIAL NETWORK BASED TRANSACTIONS

• US 20100241576A1
• Filed: 03/23/2010
• Published: 09/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Zohar Beeri
• Original Assignee: Zohar Beeri
• Inventors: Beeri, Zohar
• Application Number:
  US12/729,434
• Publication Number:
  US 20100241576A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/80
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0214 Referral reward systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/188 Electronic negotiation

Abstract

A system, method and computer program product that comprises a non transient computer readable medium that stores instructions for: monitoring an offer to enter a transaction, wherein the offer is being distributed over a social networking community by a referring entity; wherein members of the social networking community interact through a network; detecting a completion of the transaction; and compensating the referring entity, wherein the referring entity differs from an initiator of the offer.

Claims

1. A computer program product that comprises a non transient computer readable medium that stores instructions for:

monitoring an offer to enter a transaction, wherein the offer is being distributed over a social networking community by a referring entity;

wherein members of the social networking community interact through a network;

detecting a completion of the transaction; and

compensating the referring entity, wherein the referring entity differs from an initiator of the offer.

2. The computer program product according to claim 1, wherein the computer readable medium stores instructions for:

monitoring multiple distribution attempts of the offer over multiple communities; and

compensating referring entities that initiated distribution attempts that directly contributed to the completion of the transaction.

3. The computer program product according to claim 1, wherein the computer readable medium stores instructions for:

monitoring multiple distribution attempts of the offer over multiple communities; and

assigning an identifier to each distribution attempt;

wherein an identifier of a certain distribution attempt is indicative of a referring entity that initiated the certain distribution attempt and of at least one preceding distribution attempt that triggered the generation of the certain distribution attempt.

4. The computer program product according to claim 1, wherein the referring entity is a community.

5. The computer program product according to claim 1, wherein the referring entity is a sub-community.

6. The computer program product according to claim 1, wherein the computer readable medium stores instructions for monitoring a virtual negotiation between the initiator of an offer an a third party, wherein the virtual negotiation is conducted by using an access controlled virtual environment after the third party received the offer via the virtual network.

7. The computer program product according to claim 1, wherein the computer readable medium stores instructions for printing a receipt indicative of a completion of the transaction.

8. The computer program product according to claim 1, wherein the computer readable medium stores instructions for monitoring multiple distribution attempts of the offer by tracking after social networking share operations.

9. The computer program product according to claim 1, wherein the computer readable medium stores instructions for:

detecting a contribution to the social networking community, wherein the contribution is made by a contributing member of the virtual member; and

compensating the contributing entity.

11. A system for virtual commerce comprising:

a monitor for monitoring an offer to enter a transaction, wherein the offer is being distributed over a social networking community by a referring entity;

wherein members of the social networking community interact through a network; and

for detecting a completion of the transaction; and

a compensation module for compensating the referring entity, wherein the referring entity differs from an initiator of the offer.

10. The computer program product according to claim 19, wherein the computer readable medium stores instructions for:

detecting a contribution that is not directly attributed to the completion of the transaction; and

compensating the contributing entity.

12. The system according to claim 11 wherein the monitor is configured to monitor multiple distribution attempts of the offer over multiple communities;

and wherein the compensation module is configured to compensate referring entities that initiated distribution attempts that directly contributed to the completion of the transaction.

13. The system according to claim 11, wherein the monitor is configured to monitor multiple distribution attempts of the offer over multiple communities and assign an identifier to each distribution attempt;

wherein an identifier of a certain distribution attempt is indicative of a referring entity that initiated the certain distribution attempt and of at least one preceding distribution attempt that triggered the generation of the certain distribution attempt.

14. The system according to claim 11, wherein the referring entity is selected from a community and a sub-community.

15. The system according to claim 11, wherein the monitor is configured to monitor a virtual negotiation between the initiator of an offer an a third party, wherein the virtual negotiation is conducted by using an access controlled virtual environment after the third party received the offer via the virtual network.

16. The system according to claim 11, comprising printing a receipt indicative of a completion of the transaction.

17. The system according to claim 11, wherein the monitor is configured to monitor multiple distribution attempts of the offer by tracking after social networking share operations.

18. The system according to claim 11, wherein the monitor is configured to detect a contribution to the social networking community, wherein the contribution is made by a contributing member of the virtual member;

and wherein the compensation module is configured to compensate the contributing entity.

19. The system according to claim 18, wherein the monitor is configured to detect a contribution that is not directly attributed to the completion of the transaction;

and wherein the compensation module is configured to compensate the contributing entity.

20. A method, comprising:

monitoring an offer to enter a transaction, wherein the offer is being distributed over a social networking community by a referring entity;

wherein members of the social networking community interact through a network;

detecting a completion of the transaction; and

compensating the referring entity, wherein the referring entity differs from an initiator of the offer.

21. A computer program product that comprises a non transient computer readable medium that stores instructions for:

detecting, by a monitor, a completion of a transaction made between a first group of members of a social networking community and a second group of members of another social networking community;

wherein an offer to enter the transaction was generated by the first group of members and was distributed over the social networking communities;

wherein the members of the social networking communities interact through at least one network; and

allocating, by a compensation module, funds received from the transaction between members of the first group of members based on an agreement between the members of the first group of members, the agreement being accessible to the compensation module.