Refferal tracking and reward system for shared links

A referral tracking and reward system for shared links comprising:

• a database comprising a listing of one or more of merchants, products, services, brands, and promotions;
• a computer or server that executes specific instructions to implement
• a referral matcher coupled to said database and coupled to an electronic device used by a first user to share content with a second user, wherein said referral matcher is configured to
• accept one or more of text, audio, video, radio-frequency identification (RFID), at least one image;
• process said one or more of said text, said audio, said video, said RFID, said at least one image to form input comprising content therein from a first user and pass said input to an application, wherein said application executes on said electronic device used by said first user to generate said input;
• analyze said input or said content or any combination thereof from said first user through one or more of machine learning, text parsing, image analysis, audio analysis, artificial intelligence, keyword matching and natural language processing and
• identify cicmcnts content within said input that arethat is associated with said one or more of merchants, products, services, brands and promotions in said database of said listing,
• compare said cicmcnts content in said input with said one or more of merchants, products, services, brands and promotions of said listing in said database to
• identify said at least one match, and identify at least one match with said input to said listing in said database;
• accept an indication from said first user of which of said at least one match to utilize based on said indication from said first user or a previous preference accepted from said first user to yield a selected match;
• generate a referral link as a referral comprising an embedded referral tracking code after said at least oneselected match is identified, and that comprises
• a link to a site associated with said at least one item;
• and, an identifier of said first user;
• display a share interface to said first user to share said content via said share interface that is presented
• on said electronic device or
• in an application or
• in a web browser or
• in a service executing on said electronic device;
• and, provide said referral link to said first user or insert said referral link into a communication to said second user or provide said referral link to said first user and insert said referral link into a communication to said second user, wherein said insert said referral link into said communication comprises augmenting or replacing said contents content of said communication while keeping an original meaning of said content intact;
• and,
• a referral tracker coupled to said referral link wherein said referral tracker is configured
• to
• generate a referral credit associated with an action at said site when said second user accesses said site via said referral link associated with said communication and when said second user performs a task at said site;
• and,
• associate said referral credit with said first user after said second user accesses said site via said referral link associated with said communication and after said second user performs said task at said site.