Rewarding Users for Sharing Digital Content

1 . A computer-implemented method of rewarding a user for sharing digital content, the method comprising:

receiving, from a user, a request to share the digital content, the received request including an identification of the digital content to be shared;

retrieving the identified digital content;

transmitting the retrieved digital content to one or more destinations for sharing; and

providing a reward to the user for the request to share the digital content.

2 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more destinations comprise a social networking website, a blog, a microblog, a website, an e-mail server, a web server, and a database.

3 . The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , further comprising retrieving user credentials, the user credentials being used for accessing one or more destinations.

4 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a confirmation message in response to a successful delivery of the digital content to a destination.

5 . The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , wherein the providing the reward to the user is based on the confirmation message.

6 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein an amount of the reward is based on one or more of the following: a shared content type, a number of destinations, traffic generated due to the digital content sharing, and a number of visitors to a website associated with the shared digital content.

7 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving sharing parameters from the user.

8 . The computer-implemented method of claim 7 , wherein the transmission of the digital content to one or more destinations is based at least in part on the sharing parameters.

9 . The computer-implemented method of claim 7 , wherein the sharing parameters indicate one or more of the following: which digital content the user wishes to share, how the digital content is to be formatted, and at which destinations the user wishes the digital content to be shared.

10 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the sharing request is received responsive to the user selection of a website control or a software control, the website control comprising an object included within the website that executes a predetermined code when selected by the user, and the software control comprising an object in software that executes a predetermined code when selected by the user.

11 . A system for rewarding a user for sharing digital content, the system comprising:

at least one subsystem configured to receive, from a user, a request for sharing digital content, the received request including an identification of the digital content to be shared;

at least one subsystem configured to retrieve the identified digital content to be shared, the digital content being associated with the user;

at least one subsystem configured to transmit the retrieved digital content to one or more destinations for sharing;

at least one subsystem configured to provide a reward to the user for the request to share the digital content; and

a memory coupled to the at least one subsystem, the memory comprising computer code for the at least one subsystems.

12 . The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the one or more destinations comprises a social networking website, a blog, a microblog, a website, an e-mail server, a web server, and a database.

13 . The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the at least one subsystem is further configured to retrieve user credentials, the user credentials being used for accessing one or more destinations.

14 . The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the at least one subsystem is further configured to receive a confirmation message on a successful delivery of the digital content to the destination.

15 . The computer-implemented method of claim 14 , wherein the reward is provided to the user based on the confirmation message.

16 . The computer-implemented method of claim 11 , wherein an amount of the reward is associated with one or more of the following: a shared content type, a number of destinations, traffic generated due to sharing of the digital content, a number of visitors to a website associated with the shared digital content, and a number of sales associated with the shared digital content.

17 . The computer-implemented method of claim 11 , wherein the at least one subsystem is further configured to receive sharing parameters from the user.

18 . The computer-implemented method of claim 17 , wherein the transmission of the digital content to one or more destinations is based at least in part on the sharing parameters.

19 . The computer-implemented method of claim 17 , wherein the sharing parameters indicate one or more of the following: which digital content the user wishes to share, how the digital content is to be formatted, and at which destinations the user wishes the digital content to be shared.

20 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, which when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

receive, from a user, a request to share digital content, the received request including an identification of the digital content to be shared;

retrieve the identified digital content to be shared, the digital content being associated with the user;

transmit the retrieved digital content to one or more destinations for sharing; and

provide a reward to the user for the request to share the digital content.