Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or... – Electronic shopping
Reexamination Certificate
2011-03-29
2011-03-29
Levine, Adam (Department: 3625)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
Electronic shopping
C705S027100, C705S014100, C705S014160, C705S014170, C705S014230
Reexamination Certificate
active
07917402
ABSTRACT:
A method for developing a direct person-to-person multilevel direct affiliate marketing network using electronic communications makes a first person an affiliate member of an affiliate marketing program via an online registration process. An electronic communication is generated that has a unique hyperlink that, when selected, links to a source associated with the affiliate marketing program and identifies the first person so that a commission can be allocated to the first person based upon purchases made at the source as a result of access to the source via the link. The first person can forward the electronic communication to others who can use the link to access the source and purchase products or services and/or become an affiliate member. A person that becomes a new affiliate member as a result of accessing the source via the link is placed in a developing network organization of the first person. The process repeats by generating a unique hyperlink for the second person, thereby allowing the new affiliate member to forward electronic communications having his or her unique identifying link to others.
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Burrell Jonathan C.
Rolf Devon A.
GoFiniti, LLC
Hovey & Williams, LLP
Levine Adam
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