Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120130809 | Social CRM - A method and system is disclosed for conducting electronic commerce within a social media environment. A user of a social media site elects to perform an activity associated with a social commerce site. Once the social commerce activity has been performed, its corresponding value is processed with social commerce reputation data associated with the user to generate a social commerce reputation score for the user. The resulting social commerce reputation score is then compared to the requirements associated with different social commerce reputation badges. The social commerce reputation badge that matches the user's current social commerce reputation score is then displayed as a graphical image within the social commerce site along with the user's associated social commerce reputation data. | 05-24-2012 |
20120130861 | Social Commerce Relationship Management System - A method and system is disclosed for conducting electronic commerce within a social media environment. A user performs social media interactions within a social media environment and elects to consider purchasing a vendor's product that is referenced in an activity stream. The user then proceeds to a social commerce site while they are still within the social media environment. The user then accesses the social commerce site and performs social commerce operations, such as selecting and purchasing the product referenced in the activity stream. | 05-24-2012 |
20120130862 | Social Admin Console - A method and system is disclosed for conducting electronic commerce within a social media environment. A social commerce site is generated and then configured by a vendor, on behalf of a vendor affiliate, or by the vendor affiliate. Once the social commerce site is activated for operation, a user performs social media interactions within a social media environment and elects to consider purchasing a vendor's product that is referenced in an activity stream. The user then proceeds to the social commerce site, while they are still within the social media environment, and performs social commerce operations, such as selecting and purchasing the product referenced in the activity stream. Data associated with social commerce operations is collected, processed for analysis, and displayed for review within a user interface. | 05-24-2012 |
20120130863 | Social Reputation - A method and system is disclosed for conducting electronic commerce within a social media environment. A user of a social media site elects to perform an activity associated with a social commerce site. Once the social commerce activity has been performed, its corresponding value is processed with social commerce reputation data associated with the user to generate a social commerce reputation score for the user. The resulting social commerce reputation score is then compared to the requirements associated with different social commerce reputation badges. The social commerce reputation badge that matches the user's current social commerce reputation score is then displayed as a graphical image within the social commerce site along with the user's associated social commerce reputation data. | 05-24-2012 |
20120290374 | Social Marketplace Process and Architecture - A method and system are disclosed for managing social commerce within a social media environment. A merchant implements a social commerce storefront on behalf of an affiliate, who selects a subset of available products contained in a master catalog. The selected products are then displayed as purchasable products within the affiliate's social commerce storefront. Users of various social media environments are then referred by the affiliate to the social commerce storefront, where they purchase the merchant's products. In turn, the affiliate receives a portion of each sale as compensation for referring the user. | 11-15-2012 |
20120290399 | Web Optimization and Campaign Management in a Syndicated Commerce Environment - A method and system are disclosed for optimizing webpages and managing campaigns in a syndicated commerce environment. Social data associated with a first user is used to determine their user characteristics. These characteristics are then used to identify a set of second users that possess the same characteristics. The past online behavior of the set of second users is analyzed to identify online conversion actions they have performed. In turn, the online conversion actions are analyzed to identify campaign data associated with a campaign goal, which is then provided to the first user. | 11-15-2012 |
20120290431 | Social Marketplace Affiliate Administration - A method and system are disclosed for managing social commerce within a social media environment. Social commerce activity data corresponding to social commerce storefronts associated with various affiliates is processed to generate social commerce analysis data associated with a merchant's products. The social commerce analysis data is then processed to generate recommendations, which are then provided to the various affiliates. The recommendations are then provided to users of a social media environment to incent additional social commerce activity. | 11-15-2012 |
20120290432 | Social Marketplace Affiliate Front End - A method and system are disclosed for managing social commerce within a social media environment. Social commerce data associated with an affiliate's social commerce storefront is processed to generate user activity data, which corresponds to the interactions of a plurality of users of the social commerce storefront. The user activity data is then processed to generate social commerce analysis data, which comprises search terms used by the plurality of users. In turn, the social commerce analysis data is processed to generate social commerce recommendations, which are then used to incent the users to purchase products available for sale in the affiliate's social commerce storefront. | 11-15-2012 |
20120290433 | Recommendation Widgets for a Social Marketplace - A method and system are disclosed for providing syndicated commerce recommendations. A widget is configured to display a recommendation and is then embedded within a user interface (UI) window. Social data associated with a user is then processed to generate a recommendation object (e.g., a product, an offer, a deal, an advertisement, text, a video, an image, a URI, etc.), which is then displayed within the widget. | 11-15-2012 |
20120290446 | Social Marketplace Digital Worth Score - A method and system are disclosed for managing catalog resources within a social commerce environment. Users are referred by a plurality of affiliates to a social commerce marketplace system. Once referred, the users are presented with a customized social commerce storefront that is associated with an individual affiliate. Each of the customized social commerce storefronts comprises a micro catalog of purchasable products, which is a subset of a master catalog comprising a set of available products. Social data associated with the user and catalog data associated with the purchasable products is processed to generate product catalog data to the user, which is then provided to the user. The user reviews the social commerce content and selects individual purchasable products for purchase. | 11-15-2012 |
20120290448 | Product Content Social Marketplace Catalog - A method and system are disclosed for managing catalog resources within a social commerce environment. Users are referred by a plurality of affiliates to a social commerce marketplace system. Once referred, the users are presented with a customized social commerce storefront that is associated with an individual affiliate. Each of the customized social commerce storefronts comprises a micro catalog of purchasable products, which is a subset of a master catalog comprising a set of available products. Social data associated with the user and catalog data associated with the purchasable products is processed to generate product catalog data to the user, which is then provided to the user. The user reviews the social commerce content and selects individual purchasable products for purchase. | 11-15-2012 |
20120290553 | Search Engine Optimization for Social Marketplace - A method and system are disclosed for optimizing search engine operations to increase the likelihood of attaining financial goals in a syndicated commerce environment. An SEO algorithm is implemented to determine keyword options for a predetermined product based upon the product's description, its web page content, and other related information. The SEO algorithm is then used to determine the product's associated search traffic and rank-per-keyword from various search engines. This information, in addition to sales conversion rate information, is then used to estimate the likelihood of monetization for one or more keyword. The product web page content is then automatically revised with an optimized combination of keywords. Once optimized, various search engines are automatically notified of the revisions to the web content pages to improve organic search rankings. | 11-15-2012 |
20140040067 | Social Marketplace Digital Worth Score - A method and system are disclosed for managing catalog resources within a social commerce environment. Users are referred by a plurality of affiliates to asocial commerce marketplace system. Once referred, the users are presented with a customized social commerce storefront that is associated with an individual affiliate. Each of the customized social commerce storefronts comprises a micro catalog of purchasable products, which is a subset of a master catalog comprising a set of available products. Social data associated with the user and catalog data associated with the purchasable products is processed to generate product catalog data to the user, which is then provided to the user. The user reviews the social commerce content and selects individual purchasable products for purchase. | 02-06-2014 |