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US 7,734,509 B2Granted
Method of providing a trial of a referral service to a merchant based on a plan for expansion
AssigneeCfph, LLC
InventorHoward W. Lutnick
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Abstract
Disclosure includes selecting a merchant from a plurality of merchants based at least in part on an expansion plan, enabling a trial mode for the merchant, during the trial mode, receiving an indication of a first order for the merchant, forwarding the indication of the first order to the merchant, allocating a first payment for the first order to the merchant, and requesting an acceptance of a membership status from the merchant.
Claims9
A method comprising:
- selecting, by a computer system configured to provide order referrals, a merchant from a plurality of merchants based at least in part on an expansion plan;
- enabling, by a processor of the computer system, a trial mode for the merchant;
- during the trial mode, receiving, by the computer system, an indication of a first order for the merchant from a remote device;
- forwarding, by the computer system, the indication of the first order to the merchant;
- allocating, by the computer system, a first payment for the first order to the merchant;
- and
- requesting, by the computer system, an acceptance of a membership mode from the merchant, in which the membership mode includes an end to the trial mode.
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A method comprising:
- determining, by a computer system configured to provide order referrals, that a merchant meets a criteria of an expansion plan;
- assigning, by a processor of the computer system, a trial status to the merchant that meets the criteria;
- receiving, by the computer system, an indication of an order;
- receiving, by the computer system, an indication of a payment for the order;
- transmitting, by the computer system, the indication of the order to a remote device associated with the merchant;
- and
- allocating, by the computer system, at least a merchant portion of the payment to the merchant based, at least in part, on the trial status of the merchant with a referral provider.
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A method comprising:
- assigning, by a processor of a computer system configured to provide order referrals, a trial status to a merchant based, at least in part, on a plan for the expansion of the merchant;
- receiving, by the computer system, an indication of an order for the merchant;
- forwarding, by the computer system, the indication of the first order to a remote device of the merchant;
- and
- determining, by the computer system, an allocation of a payment for the order based, at least in part, on the trial status.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.