System for making recommendations
OwnerErik Ramsaur, Michael Ramsaur +1inventors
InventorsErik Ramsaur, Michael Ramsaur, David Ramsaur
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Abstract
Systems and methods that permit an Internet user to make recommendations to other user-chosen Internet users. Users of the system described must register and obtain access to an access-controlled participant object. In a preferred embodiment the recommendation may be accompanied by a category designation, to help the automated cataloging of recommendations, and by comments.
Claims15
A system for sharing webpage recommendations, comprising:
- (a) a partial-screen display sharing a computer monitor screen with a webpage, said partial screen display including:
- i) a list of participant objects designators, wherein each said designator may be selected to create a list of selected designators;
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- ii) a button which when activated, sends out a link for said webpage together with a list of said selected designators.
A system for sharing recommendations comprising:
- (a) a network of computers having display screens;
- (b) computer memory, storing:
- i) a set of participant objects, and login information for each participant object designator;
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- ii) a list of recommended links, for each participant object;
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- (c) wherein a participant using a computer of said network of computers can login to said system by entering login information associated to a participant object and view said list of recommended links associated to said participant object.
Computer readable media having a computer program adapted to:
- (a) cooperate with a browser program to create a partial screen display sharing a computer screen with a display for said web browser;
- (b) accept participant object designators entered by a user and display said participant object designators on said partial screen display;
- (c) accept the selection of participant object designators and accept a command to send a webpage recommendation to said selected participant object designators.
A system for generating income, comprising:
- (a) a website that permits Internet users to activate an account, thereby becoming a participant and for permitting a participant to make a recommendation for an item to recommendation-receiving participants by sending to said recommendation-receiving participants a page from a merchant website offering said item for sale;
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- (b) a subsystem for tracking sales made from said sent pages;
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- (c) a subsystem for accepting payments from participating merchant websites, said payments being made in appreciation for facilitating sales from said merchant websites.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.