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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2010
Applicant:
Geoff Baum, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventor:
Geoff Baum, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Adobe Systems Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2012.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0214 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0251 (2013.01); G06Q 30/06 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
A group offer is provided to a first-level recipient that meets a set of criteria. Further, the group offer is activated upon a consumer participant threshold being met, the consumer participant threshold equaling a number of consumers. In addition, a social incentive structure is established that provides a reward to the first-level recipient if the first-level recipient shares the group offer with a second-level recipient that (i) is in a social circle associated with the first-level recipient and (ii) meets a set of qualifications.