Online marketing system and method
AssigneeDizpersion Corporation
InventorsFrank C. Nicholas, Ian B. Carswell
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Abstract
A computer readable storage medium includes computer executable instructions which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform a method of online marketing. At least one deal is associated with at least one competition. A plurality of user requests is received to compete for the deal as participants in the competition. Deal payment terms are determined for the deal based on a competition result of the competition.
Claims27
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising computer executable instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method of online marketing comprising:
- associating at least one deal with at least one competition, the deal being a discounted certificate;
- receiving a plurality of user requests from user nodes at a gaming service provider node to compete for the deal as participants in the competition, each of the participants competing against other of the participants for the deal to generate a competition result determined by the competing of the participants in the competition;
- determining deal payment terms for the deal based on the competition result of the competition;
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- transmitting the deal to at least one of the participants at the user nodes over a telecommunication network in accordance with the determined deal payment terms;
- wherein the competition is a network based game provided by the gaming service provider node to the user nodes and operating across the telecommunication network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.