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First Claim
1. A method for communicating product or service information to a potential purchaser, comprising:
- scanning, using an application downloaded from a server to a smartphone of a first user, a product or an item describing a service to obtain both a product or service code and an advertisement promotion code, wherein the product or service code provides information about a product or service, and wherein the advertisement promotion code provides a monetary incentive for the first user to communicate the information about the product or service, wherein the application registers the first user with an advertiser code that uniquely identifies the first user;
generating a barcode, using the application on the smartphone of the first user, by combining
1) the product or service code,
2) the advertisement promotion code, and
3) the advertiser code of the first user, wherein
1) the product or service code,
2) the advertisement promotion code, and
3) the advertiser code of the first user are encoded in the barcode; and
communicating the barcode to a communication device of a second user that is the potential purchaser of the product or service using a network, using the application on the smartphone of the first user, wherein the communication device of the second user downloads a second application to receive the barcode, and wherein when the communication device of the second user is presented to a point of sale (POS) terminal, the POS terminalscans the barcode on the communication device of the second user,decodes, using the second application on the communication device of the second user, the barcode into
1) the product or service code,
2) the advertisement promotion code, and
3) the advertiser code of the first user, andcompensates the first user identified by the advertiser code according to the incentive described in the advertisement promotion code, after the second user purchases the product or service.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for communicating product or service information to a potential purchaser. A product or item describing a service are scanned to obtain both a product or service code and an advertisement promotion code provided by a vendor/retailer or manufacturer of the product or service using a smartphone of a first user. A barcode is generated on the smartphone by combining the product or service code and the advertisement promotion code with information from the smartphone associated with the product or service and with an advertiser code that uniquely identifies the first user. The barcode is communicated to a communication device of a second user that is the potential purchaser of the product or service. When the communication device is presented to a point of sale (POS) terminal, the terminal scans the barcode, decodes the barcode, and compensates the first user according to the advertisement promotion code.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for communicating product or service information to a potential purchaser, comprising:
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scanning, using an application downloaded from a server to a smartphone of a first user, a product or an item describing a service to obtain both a product or service code and an advertisement promotion code, wherein the product or service code provides information about a product or service, and wherein the advertisement promotion code provides a monetary incentive for the first user to communicate the information about the product or service, wherein the application registers the first user with an advertiser code that uniquely identifies the first user; generating a barcode, using the application on the smartphone of the first user, by combining
1) the product or service code,
2) the advertisement promotion code, and
3) the advertiser code of the first user, wherein
1) the product or service code,
2) the advertisement promotion code, and
3) the advertiser code of the first user are encoded in the barcode; andcommunicating the barcode to a communication device of a second user that is the potential purchaser of the product or service using a network, using the application on the smartphone of the first user, wherein the communication device of the second user downloads a second application to receive the barcode, and wherein when the communication device of the second user is presented to a point of sale (POS) terminal, the POS terminal scans the barcode on the communication device of the second user, decodes, using the second application on the communication device of the second user, the barcode into
1) the product or service code,
2) the advertisement promotion code, and
3) the advertiser code of the first user, andcompensates the first user identified by the advertiser code according to the incentive described in the advertisement promotion code, after the second user purchases the product or service. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for communicating product or service information to a potential purchaser, comprising:
a smartphone of a first user that scans, using an application downloaded from a server, wherein the application allows the smartphone of the first user to scan a product or item describing a service a product to obtain both a product or service code and an advertisement promotion code, wherein the product or service code provides information about a product or service, and wherein the advertisement promotion code provides a monetary incentive for the first user to communicate the information about the product or service, wherein the application registers the first user with an advertiser code that uniquely identifies the first user, generates a bar code, using the application on the smartphone of the first user, by combining
1) the product or service code,
2) the advertisement promotion code, and
3) the advertiser code of the first user, wherein
1) the product or service code, tithe advertisement promotion code, and
3) the advertiser code of the first user are encoded in the barcode,communicates the barcode to a communication device of a second user that is the potential purchaser of the product or service using a network, using the application on the smartphone of the first user, wherein the communication device of the second user downloads a second application to receive the barcode, and wherein when the communication device of the second user is presented to a point of sale (POS) terminal, the POS terminal scans the barcode on the communication device of the second user, decodes, using the second application on the communication device of the second user, the barcode into
1) the product or service code,
2) the advertisement promotion code, and
3) the advertiser code of the first user, andcompensates the first user identified by the advertiser code according to the incentive described in the advertisement promotion code, after the second user purchases the product or service. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. An advertising system to providing incentives and compensation to a user of a smartphone to communicating product or service information to a potential purchaser, the method comprising:
an advertising system computer server that generates
1) a product or service code for identifying a product or service and
2) an advertisement promotion code that provides a monetary incentive for a first user to communicate information about the product or service,allows
1) the product or service code and
2) the advertisement promotion code to be placed in an RFID or a QR code on the product or an item describing the service,sends an application to a smartphone of a first user, wherein the application that is downloaded on the smartphone registers the first user with
3) an advertiser code that uniquely identifies the first user, wherein the first user uses the application that is downloaded on the smartphone of the first user to scan the RFID or a QR code on the product or an item describing the service and wherein the smartphonegenerates a barcode, using the application, by combining
1) the product or service code,
2) the advertisement promotion code, and
3) the advertiser code of the first user, wherein
1) the product or service code,
2) the advertisement promotion code, and
3) the advertiser code of the first user are encoded in the barcode, andcommunicates the barcode to a communication device of a second user that is the potential purchaser of the product or service using a network, using the application on the smartphone of the first user, wherein the communication device of the second user downloads a second application to receive the barcode, and wherein when the communication device of the second user is presented to a point of sale (POS) terminal and the POS terminal scans the barcode on the communication device of the second user and decodes, using the second application on the communication device, the barcode into
1) the product or service code,
2) the advertisement promotion code, and
3) the advertiser code of the first user, after the second user purchases the product or service,receives
1) the product or service code,
2) the advertisement promotion code, and
3) the advertiser code from a point of sale terminal, andcompensates the first user identified by the advertiser code according to the incentive described in the advertisement promotion code for the second users purchase of the product or service identified by the product or service code. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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