Linkshare Corporation

Rakuten Marketing LLC

Cheryl Ho

Stephen Dale Messer

Jianhao Meng

Horace J Meng

Stephen D Messer

Horace Meng

Improved methods, systems and articles-of-manufacture permit the tracking of secondary referral sources in network-based e-commerce environments, thereby enabling advantageous commission-sharing arrangements between primary and secondary referral sources.

Methods, apparatus and articles-of-manufacture for secondary referral tracking on a public-access computer network

A novel communications network tracks and manages Merchant and Affiliate promotional efforts in a seamless, integrated fashion. Operative characteristics include central control over promotional Java-based presentations or similar to be easily applied across a broad network of connected Affiliate sites. The system accomplishes this, in part, by providing a selective API for use in wrapping the promotional links. In accordance with this protocol, these links may be hosted by the Clearinghouse or Merchant, and sourced from a variety of third-party vendors.

Enhanced network based promotional tracking system

A novel communications network tracks and manages Merchant and Affiliate promotional efforts in a seamless, integrated fashion. Operative characteristics include central control over new, Rich Media promotional links, allowing sophisticated promotions employing Java-based presentations or similar to be easily applied across a broad network of connected Affiliate sites. The system accomplishes this, in part, by providing a selective API for use in wrapping the promotional links. In accordance with this protocol, these links may be hosted by the Clearinghouse or Merchant, and sourced from a variety of third-party vendors.

An improved processing system for tracking commerce on the Internet provides for subvariable processing and includes web page scanning to discern fraud or improper content to insure proper promotion of select products within the network environment.

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San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Cheryl Ho