System and method for sharing information
View Patent ↗A method is provided for recommending a product to a plurality of people. The method comprises the following steps. A consumer is provided with an entry point to recommend the product. The consumer is then provided with at least one applet configured for a corresponding social network. The applet is used to create a custom recommendation personalized by the consumer, and disseminate the custom recommendation amongst the consumer's contacts within the social network. A computer readable medium including instructions for implementing the method is also provided.
1. A method for recommending a product to a plurality of people, the method comprising the steps of:
providing a consumer with an online survey to collect information about the product;
comparing answers for at least one of a plurality of questions in the online survey with a recommendation threshold to determine whether the consumer is likely to recommend the product;
providing the consumer with at least one applet configured for a corresponding social network only if it is determined that the consumer is likely to recommend the product; and
using the applet to:
create a custom recommendation personalized by the consumer; and
disseminate the custom recommendation amongst the consumer's contacts within the social network.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the online survey includes at least one question explicitly asking if the consumer would recommend the product and the consumer is provided with a corresponding plurality of possible answers.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of possible answers includes two answers, a yes option and a no option, and the recommendation threshold is the yes option.
4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of possible answers includes more than two possible answers on a scale of one to a maximum value and the threshold is close to the maximum value.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the online survey includes a plurality of questions implicitly asking if the consumer would recommend the product and the recommendation threshold is compared to a mathematical manipulation of the answers to the least one of the plurality of questions in the online survey.
6. The method of claim 1 comprising the further step of providing the consumer with a plurality of social networks for selection by the consumer, wherein each social network has a corresponding applet available.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the online survey is a direct entry point selectable by a user during interaction with the web site relating to the product.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the web site is a contest web site.
9. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions for recommending a product to a plurality of people, the instructions, when executed by a processor configured to implement the steps of:
providing a consumer with an online survey to collect information about the product;
comparing answers for at least one of a plurality of questions in the online survey with a recommendation threshold to determine whether the consumer is likely to recommend the product;
providing the consumer with at least one applet configured for a corresponding social network only if it is determined that the consumer is likely to recommend the product; and
using the applet to:
create a custom recommendation personalized by the consumer; and
disseminate the custom recommendation amongst the consumer's contacts within the social network.
10. The computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the online survey includes at least one question explicitly asking if the consumer would recommend the product and the consumer is provided with a corresponding plurality of possible answers.
11. The computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of possible answers includes two answers, a yes option and a no option, and the recommendation threshold is the yes option.
12. The computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of possible answers includes more than two possible answers on a scale of one to a maximum value and the threshold is close to the maximum value.
13. The computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the online survey includes a plurality of questions implicitly asking if the consumer would recommend the product and the recommendation threshold is compared to a mathematical manipulation of the answers to the least one of the plurality of questions in the online survey.
14. The computer readable medium of claim 9 , comprising further instructions for providing the consumer with a plurality of social networks for selection by the consumer, wherein each social network has a corresponding applet available.
15. The computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the online survey is a direct entry point selectable by a user during interaction with a web site relating to the product.
16. The computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the web site is a contest web site.