Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or... – Discount or incentive
Reexamination Certificate
2001-07-27
2009-11-24
Bekerman, Michael (Department: 3622)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
Discount or incentive
Reexamination Certificate
active
07624039
ABSTRACT:
A method of administering a commercial transaction carried out over a communications network (20) used for shopping includes receiving a shopper (50) at a first web-site maintained on the communications network (20). The shopper (50) has an affinity group (40) associated therewith. The method further includes forwarding the shopper (50) to a second web-site maintained on the communications network (20), and obtaining a generated click-through fee related thereto. A portion of the obtained click-through fee is distributed to the affinity group (40) associated with the shopper (50), and it is communicated to the shopper (50) how much was distributed.
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Balasubramanian Chandra S.
Bhagavatula Ravishankar S.
Keresman, III Michael A.
Sherwin Francis M.
Bekerman Michael
Cardinalcommerce Corporation
Fay Sharpe LLP
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