Name Based Customer Referral System
AssigneeMention Me Ltd
InventorsAndrew Daniel Cockburn, Timothy James Boughton
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for managing a referral program. One or more of a name and additional identifying details for a referrer are registered in a database. A referrer's name is received from a referred party. It is verified whether the referrer's name provided by the referred party matches a registered referrer's name in the database. Additional identity information is used to verify a referrer's identity in the event that two registered referrers have identical names. A reward is granted to the referrer after a specified act has been completed by the referred party.
Claims17
A computer-implemented method for managing a referral program, the method comprising:
- registering in a database one or more of:
- a name and additional identifying details for a referrer;
- receiving, from a referred party, a referrer's name;
- verifying whether the referrer's name provided by the referred party matches a registered referrer's name in the database, wherein additional identity information is used to verify a referrer's identity where two registered referrers have identical names;
- and
- granting a reward to the referrer after a specified act has been completed by the referred party.
A computer program product for managing a referral program, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the program code being executable by a processor to perform a method comprising:
- registering in a database one or more of:
- a name and additional identifying details for a referrer;
- receiving, from a referred party, a referrer's name;
- verifying whether the referrer's name provided by the referred party matches a registered referrer's name in the database, wherein additional identity information is used to verify a referrer's identity where two registered referrers have identical names;
- and
- granting a reward to the referrer after a specified act has been completed by the referred party.
A referral program system, comprising:
- a database;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory storing instructions that when executed by the processor causes the processor to:
- register in the database one or more of:
- a name and additional identifying details for a referrer;
- receive, from a referred party, a referrer's name;
- verify whether the referrer's name provided by the referred party matches a registered referrer's name in the database, wherein additional identity information is used to verify a referrer's identity where two registered referrers have identical names;
- and
- grant a reward to the referrer after a specified act has been completed by the referred party.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.