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Granted Patent B2
US 10,140,640 · App. 14/485,758 · Granted Nov 27, 2018

Affiliate website creation using text associated with website

Inventors: David Greaves (West Sussex, GB); Thomas Creaven (London, GB)
G06Q30/0613G06Q30/02G06Q30/0201G06Q30/0601G06Q30/0619G06Q30/0621G06Q30/0623G06Q30/0641
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,140,640
App. No.
14/485,758
Granted
Nov 27, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure describes techniques for generating new product codes from text associated with an affiliate website. In one scenario, a keyword list is automatically created from text associated with the affiliate website. Using the automatically identified keyword list, an online search of a Vendor Website is performed to retrieve downloadable product codes of currently offered items for sale. A large number of product codes are displayed simultaneously to enable a user to select a subset of product codes which the user wishes to have displayed on the affiliate website. A unique identification code to track payment of commissions in at least the subset of product codes is inserted. The subset of product codes is stored such that the subset of product codes will be displayed along with the content associated with the affiliate website when a visitor links to the affiliate website.

Claims (39)

1. A method of generating new product codes from text associated with an affiliate website, comprising:

automatically creating a keyword list from the text associated with the affiliate website;

performing, using the automatically identified keyword list, an online search of a Vendor Website to retrieve downloadable product codes of currently offered items for sale;

displaying a large number of product codes simultaneously to enable a user to select a subset of product codes which the user wishes to have displayed on the affiliate website;

inserting a unique identification code to track payment of commissions in at least the subset of product codes; and

storing the subset of product codes such that the subset of product codes will be displayed along with the content associated with the affiliate website when a visitor links to the affiliate website.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying a drop-down list containing all of the keywords from the keyword list to enable the user to display products codes corresponding to a selected one of the keywords in the keyword list.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising launching a live control panel from the affiliate website directly, wherein the automatically creating a keyword list is performed in response to launching the live control panel.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the launching of the live control panel involves identifying a user-instruction to launch a live control panel wizard included on the affiliate website.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the launching of the live control panel involves performing a log in procedure.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the creating a keyword list involves identifying new words added to the affiliate website.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the product codes in the subset of product codes is a product code to a special product associated with a specific keyword on the Affiliate Website selected by a vendor.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the product code to a special product includes a piece of code used by a vendor to select the special promotion to be displayed as the product code on the affiliate site.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium including a computer program product that causes a computer to generate new product codes from text associated with an affiliate website, the computer program product including instructions to:

automatically create a keyword list from the text associated with the affiliate website;

perform, using the automatically identified d keyword list, an online search of a Vendor Website to y retrieve downloadable product codes of currently offered items for sale;

display a large number of product codes simultaneously to enable a user to select a subset of product codes which the user wishes to have displayed on the affiliate website;

insert a unique identification code to track payment of commissions in at least the subset of product codes; and

store the subset of selected product codes such that the subset of product codes will be displayed along with the content associated with the affiliate website when a visitor links to the affiliate website.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , further comprising displaying a drop-down list containing all of the keywords from the keyword list to enable the user to display products codes corresponding to a selected one of the keywords in the keyword list.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , further comprising launching a live control panel from the affiliate website directly, wherein the automatically creating a keyword list is performed in response to launching the live control panel.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the launching of the live control panel involves identifying a user-instruction to launch a live control panel wizard included on the affiliate website.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12 , wherein the launching of the live control panel involves performing a log in procedure.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the creating a keyword list involves identifying new words added to the affiliate website.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein at least one of the product codes in the subset of product codes is a product code to a special product associated with a specific keyword on the Affiliate Website selected by a vendor.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the product code to a special product includes a piece of code used by a vendor to select the special promotion to be displayed as the product code on the affiliate site.

17. A device for generating new product codes from text associated with an affiliate website, comprising:

means for automatically creating a keyword list from the text of words associated with the affiliate website;

means, using the automatically identified keyword list, for performing an online search of a Vendor Website, to retrieve downloadable product codes of currently offered items for sale;

means for displaying a large number of product codes simultaneously to enable a user to select a subset of product codes which the user wishes to have displayed on the affiliate website;

means for inserting a unique identification code to track payment of commissions in at least the subset of product codes; and

means for storing the subset of product codes such that the subset of product codes will be displayed along with the content associated with the affiliate website when a visitor links to the affiliate website.

18. The device of claim 17 , further comprising displaying a drop-down list containing all of the keywords from the keyword list to enable the user to display products codes corresponding to a selected one of the keywords in the keyword list.

19. The device of claim 17 , further comprising launching a live control panel from the affiliate website directly, wherein the automatically creating a keyword list is performed in response to launching the live control panel.

20. The device of claim 19 , wherein the launching of the live control panel involves identifying a user-instruction to launch a live control panel wizard included on the affiliate website.

21. The device of claim 20 , wherein the launching of the live control panel involves performing a log in procedure.

22. The device of claim 21 , wherein the creating a keyword list involves identifying new words added to the affiliate website.

23. The device of claim 17 , wherein at least one of the product codes in the subset of product codes is a product code to a special product associated with a specific keyword on the Affiliate Website selected by a vendor.

24. The method of claim 23 , wherein the product code to a special product includes a piece of code used by a vendor to select the special promotion.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 11, 2023
From: MARQERA LLC
To: GREAVES, DAVID; THOMAS CREAVEN
Reel/Frame 064560/0612 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Sep 22, 2019
From: GREAVES, DAVID
To: MARQERA, LLC
Reel/Frame 050457/0853 →
Continuity (5)
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