INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORTING ADVERTISEMENT OF BUYER GROUPS IN A DEMAND DRIVEN PROMOTION SYSTEM
A system and method for providing a demand driven promotion system supporting social networking and searching, substantially as shown in and/or described in connection with at least one of the figures, as set forth more completely in the claims.
1 . A method for advertising buyer groups comprising:
receiving input via a user interface from one or more users interested in purchasing a given product;
creating, based on the input, a buyer group associated with the given product and including the one or more users;
storing information regarding the buyer group in one or more databases;
transmitting information about the buyer group to a server system, the information including identification of the given product and link information; and
transmitting, to a user device of a further user and responsive to selection of a link corresponding to the link information on a site of the server system, one or both of information regarding the buyer group and the user interface.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the site offers the given product for sale and comprises a sales site associated with a manufacturer of the given product.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the site offers the given product for sale and comprises a multi-seller retailer site supporting sales of the given product.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the server system comprises a non-selling system, and comprises a general purpose search engine.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the server system comprises a buyer group server system, and comprises a search engine.
6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the site comprises a general purpose search engine interface.
7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving input from the further user via the user interface joining the buyer group.
8 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising updating the stored information regarding the buyer group based on the input from the further user.
9 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising retrieving the stored information regarding the buyer group.
10 . A method for advertising buyer groups comprising:
receiving input via a user interface from one or more users interested in purchasing a given product;
creating, based on the input, a buyer group associated with the given product and including the one or more users;
hosting information about the buyer group on a server system comprising a site, the information including identification of the given product and link information;
delivering for display on a user device of a further user, a link corresponding to the link information;
receiving from the user device of the further user, input selecting the link; and
delivering for display on the user device of the further user, one or both of information regarding the buyer group and the user interface.
11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the site offers the given product for sale and comprises a sales site associated with a manufacturer of the given product.
12 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the site offers the given product for sale and comprises a multi-seller retailer site supporting sales of the given product.
13 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the server system comprises a non-selling system, and comprises a general purpose search engine.
14 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the server system comprises a buyer group server system, and comprises a search engine.
15 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the site comprises a general purpose search engine interface.
16 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving input from the further user via the user interface joining the buyer group.
17 . The method of claim 16 , further comprising updating the hosted information regarding the buyer group based on the input from the further user.
18 . A system for advertising buyer groups comprising:
at least one module that operates to, at least:
receive input via a user interface from one or more users interested in purchasing a given product;
create, based on the input, a buyer group associated with the given product and including the one or more users;
store information regarding the buyer group in one or more databases;
transmit information about the buyer group to a server system, the information including identification of the given product and link information; and
transmit, to a user device of a further user and responsive to selection of a link corresponding to the link information on a site of the server system, one or both of information regarding the buyer group and the user interface.
19 . The system of claim 18 , wherein the site offers the given product for sale and comprises a sales site associated with a manufacturer of the given product.
20 . The system of claim 18 , wherein the site offers the given product for sale and comprises a multi-seller retailer site supporting sales of the given product.
21 . The system of claim 18 , wherein the server system comprises a non-selling system, and comprises a general purpose search engine.
22 . The system of claim 18 , wherein the server system comprises a buyer group server system, and comprises a search engine.
23 . The system of claim 22 , wherein the site comprises a general purpose search engine interface.
24 . The system of claim 18 , wherein the at least one module operates to receive input from the further user via the user interface joining the buyer group.
25 . The system of claim 24 , wherein the at least one module operates to update the stored information regarding the buyer group based on the input from the further user.
26 . The system of claim 18 , wherein the at least one module operates to retrieve the stored information regarding the buyer group.
27 . A system for advertising buyer groups comprising:
at least one module of a server system comprising a site, the at least one module operates to, at least:
receive input via a user interface from one or more users interested in purchasing a given product;
create, based on the input, a buyer group associated with the given product and including the one or more users;
host information about the buyer group, the information including identification of the given product and link information;
deliver for display on a user device of a further user, a link corresponding to the link information; receive from the user device of the further user, input selecting the link; and
deliver for display on the user device of the further user, one or both of information regarding the buyer group and the user interface.
28 . The system of claim 27 , wherein the site offers the given product for sale and comprises a sales site associated with a manufacturer of the given product.
29 . The system of claim 27 , wherein the site offers the given product for sale and comprises a multi-seller retailer site supporting sales of the given product.
30 . The system of claim 27 , wherein the server system comprises a non-selling system, and comprises a general purpose search engine.
31 . The system of claim 27 , wherein the server system comprises a buyer group server system, and comprises a search engine.
32 . The system of claim 31 , wherein the site comprises a general purpose search engine interface.
33 . The method of claim 27 , wherein the at least one module operates to receive input from the further user via the user interface joining the buyer group.
34 . The method of claim 33 , wherein the at least one module operates to update the hosted information regarding the buyer group based on the input from the further user.