Store affiliation system
First Claim
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including at least computer program code stored thereon for paying a bounty to an online store affiliate for purchases made at an online store, comprising:
- computer program code for detecting an online store customer marking event for a customer at an online store when the online store customer accesses the online store over an online store affiliate network;
computer program code for marking the online store customer as associated with the online store affiliate, and wherein the marking of the online store customer expires after a predetermined period of time; and
computer program code for subsequently paying a bounty to the online store affiliate for purchases made from the online store by the marked online store customer.
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Abstract
Techniques for improved interaction between online retailers and traditional brick-and-mortar retailers that provide patron-accessible networks are disclosed. The location and/or the fact that any given purchase was made from a particular retailer'"'"'s patron-accessible network can be tracked for various purposes. The invention can facilitate partnering between online retailers (i.e., online stores) and traditional ‘brick-and-mortar’ business establishments. As an example, the invention can be used to track and give credit for online purchases at an online retailer that are facilitated by a brick-and-mortar retailer.
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20 Claims
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1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including at least computer program code stored thereon for paying a bounty to an online store affiliate for purchases made at an online store, comprising:
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computer program code for detecting an online store customer marking event for a customer at an online store when the online store customer accesses the online store over an online store affiliate network; computer program code for marking the online store customer as associated with the online store affiliate, and wherein the marking of the online store customer expires after a predetermined period of time; and computer program code for subsequently paying a bounty to the online store affiliate for purchases made from the online store by the marked online store customer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including at least computer program code stored thereon for paying a bounty to an online store affiliate for purchases made at an online store, comprising:
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computer program code for detecting an online store customer marking event for a customer at an online store when the online store customer accesses the online store over an online store affiliate network; computer program code for marking the online store customer as associated with the online store affiliate; and computer program code for subsequently paying a bounty to the online store affiliate for purchases made from the online store by the marked online store customer, wherein said computer program code for marking of the online store customer comprises; computer program code for determining the location of an online store affiliate where the marking event of the online store customer occurred; and computer program code for marking the online store customer with information specific to the location of the online store affiliate.
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18. A computer-implemented method for paying a bounty to an online store affiliate for purchases made at an online store, comprising:
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detecting an online store customer marking event for a customer at an online store when the online store customer accesses the online store over an online store affiliate network; marking the online store customer as associated with the online store affiliate; and subsequently paying a bounty to the online store affiliate for purchases made from the online store by the marked online store customer, the paying of the bounty to the online media store affiliate for purchases made from the online store by the marked online store customer comprises (i) retrieving an obligation configuration, and (ii) paying the bounty to the online store affiliate based on the obligation configuration.
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19. A system, comprising:
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a server computer device that supports an online store and that is configured to couple to a data network for access to an affiliate establishment data network, wherein said server computer device is configured to pay a bounty to an online store affiliate for purchases made at the online store, in doing so, said server computer device is further configured to perform the operations of; detecting an online store customer marking event for a customer at the online store when the online store customer accesses the online store over the online store affiliate network; marking the online store customer as associated with the online store affiliate, and wherein the marking of the online store customer expires after a predetermined period of time; and subsequently paying a bounty to the online store affiliate for purchases made from the online store by the marked online store customer. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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