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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2001
Applicants:
Stephen D. Messer, Mount Kisco, NY (US);
Horace J. Meng, New York, NY (US);
Cheryl Ho, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Stephen D. Messer, Mount Kisco, NY (US);
Horace J. Meng, New York, NY (US);
Cheryl Ho, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
RAKUTEN MARKETING LLC, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0214 (2013.01);
Abstract
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.