Pay Per Insert System
First Claim
1. A method of searching and inserting sales campaigns records into a consumer diary associated with a consumer, the method comprising the steps of:
- a computer searching a repository for active sales campaign records satisfying search criteria received from a consumer through a browser executing on a device;
the computer displaying a list to the consumer through the browser comprising at least one sales campaign record which satisfies the search criteria;
the computer receiving a click indication from the consumer using the browser executing on the device, selecting a sales campaign record from the list;
the computer inserting the sales campaign record into the consumer diary associated with the consumer; and
the computer recording an identification of the consumer from which the click indication originated, a time, a location and the sales campaign record selected;
if the sales campaign record inserted into the consumer diary is not eligible for free inserts into the consumer diary, the computer deducting an amount from a merchant budget coupled to the sales campaign record;
if the merchant budget coupled to the sales campaign record is depleted, the computer deactivating the sales campaign record in the repository.
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Abstract
Method of searching and inserting sales campaigns records into a consumer diary associated with a consumer. The steps include a computer searching a repository for active sales campaign records satisfying search criteria received from a consumer through a browser executing on a device; the computer displaying a list of sales campaign records which satisfies the search criteria; the computer receiving a click indication from the consumer using the browser executing on the device, selecting a sales campaign record from the list; the computer inserting the sales campaign record into the consumer diary; and the computer recording an identification of the consumer from which the click indication originated, a time, and the sales campaign record selected. If the sales campaign record inserted into the consumer diary is not eligible for free inserts into the consumer diary, the computer deducting an amount from a merchant budget coupled to the sales campaign record.
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28 Claims
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1. A method of searching and inserting sales campaigns records into a consumer diary associated with a consumer, the method comprising the steps of:
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a computer searching a repository for active sales campaign records satisfying search criteria received from a consumer through a browser executing on a device; the computer displaying a list to the consumer through the browser comprising at least one sales campaign record which satisfies the search criteria; the computer receiving a click indication from the consumer using the browser executing on the device, selecting a sales campaign record from the list; the computer inserting the sales campaign record into the consumer diary associated with the consumer; and the computer recording an identification of the consumer from which the click indication originated, a time, a location and the sales campaign record selected; if the sales campaign record inserted into the consumer diary is not eligible for free inserts into the consumer diary, the computer deducting an amount from a merchant budget coupled to the sales campaign record; if the merchant budget coupled to the sales campaign record is depleted, the computer deactivating the sales campaign record in the repository. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer system for searching, inserting, and updating sales campaigns records in a consumer diary, the computer system comprising:
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at least one processor coupled to at least one computer-readable memory; a sales campaign repository in at least one computer-readable memory, comprising a plurality of sales campaign records for at least one merchant; a merchant diary repository in at least one computer-readable memory, comprising at least one merchant diary with at least one inserted sales campaign record from the sales campaign repository; a consumer diary repository in at least one computer-readable memory, comprising a plurality of consumer diaries, with at least one of the plurality of consumer diaries comprising at least one inserted sales campaign record from the sales campaign repository; a diary manager coupled to the at least one merchant diary in the merchant diary repository and the plurality of consumer diaries in the consumer diary repository for updating the sales campaign records in the consumer diaries and the merchant diaries; and a campaign manager coupled to the diary manager and the sales campaign repository comprising; a browser interface for searching the sales campaign repository for sales campaign records; a sales campaign record interface for receiving campaign attributes and a budget per insertion of the sales campaign record into the consumer diary from the merchant; and a budget monitor for monitoring the budget specified by the merchant for each sales campaign record inserted into the consumer diary. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A computer system for logging, reporting, and analyzing insert information associated with sales campaign records, the computer system comprising:
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at least one processor coupled to at least one computer-readable memory; a sales campaign repository in at least one computer-readable memory, comprising a plurality of sales campaign records for at least one merchant; a consumer diary repository in at least one computer-readable memory, comprising a plurality of consumer diaries, with at least one of the plurality of consumer diaries comprising at least one inserted sales campaign record from the sales campaign repository; an insert monitor for monitoring which consumers insert sales campaign records into the consumer diary and delete sales campaign records from the consumer diary; a click and insert reporter for logging and reporting attributes, location, and time for each click indication related to a sales campaign selected through a browser interface that resulted in an insertion of the sales campaign record into the consumer diary, deletion of a sales campaign record from the consumer diary and which click indications did not result in the insertion of the sale campaign record into the consumer diary, the click and insert reporter also statistically and analytically processing the logs of attributes, location, and time.
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25. A method of inserting sales campaigns records into a consumer diary associated with a consumer based on external sources, the method comprising the steps of:
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a computer receiving a message from an external source, the message comprising an envelope record comprising sales campaign record attributes for a sales campaign record; the computer identifying a merchant from which the message was sent; if the merchant is approved, the computer searching a sales campaign repository for the sales campaign record attributes of the envelope record; if the sales campaign record attributes are not found, creating a sales campaign record based on the attributes in the envelope record and storing the record in the sales campaign repository; the computer identifying whether the message is private and if the message is private, inserting the sales campaign record into a consumer diary; and the computer notifying a consumer of the insertion of the sales campaign record into the consumer diary and the merchant in which subscribed to receive sales campaign records. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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