CONTENT DISTRIBUTION VIA NETWORK OF COMPUTING DEVICES

    公开(公告)号:US20190197571A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-27

    申请号:US16325527

    申请日:2017-08-11

    IPC分类号: G06Q30/02 H04L29/06

    摘要: The present technology generally relates to content distribution via a network of computing devices. The technology may include presenting online content to users via computer networks, such as the Internet and, more particularly, to methods and systems for establishing relationships between users wherein these relationships are employed to deliver content to users based, e.g., on potential interest in events. The present technology may additionally or alternately be employed, for example, to increase the distribution of content via a network of computing devices, to select and/or manage the presentation of content over the network of computing devices, and to select targets for the presentation of content over the network of computing devices.

    WHOLESALE VIRTUAL INVENTORY AND RETAIL LEAD GENERATION

    公开(公告)号:US20190073621A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-07

    申请号:US16124414

    申请日:2018-09-07

    申请人: Openlane, Inc.

    IPC分类号: G06Q10/06 G06Q30/02 G06Q30/06

    摘要: Embodiments are described herein including systems and methods for presenting vehicles available for wholesale purchase to retail consumers in order to generate a retail “lead” on a specific vehicle prior to acquisition of that vehicle by a dealer. The electronic lead, once generated, is made available to a licensed dealer before the dealer acquires the inventory corresponding to the lead. In contrast to known lead generation models, the lead is created on a specific vehicle that a retail dealer has the ability to purchase, but has not yet taken into inventory.

    CONSUMER DATA AND PRIVACY CONTROLS IN A SOCIAL NETWORKING ENVIRONMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20180225693A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-09

    申请号:US15949486

    申请日:2018-04-10

    申请人: Richard Postrel

    发明人: Richard Postrel

    摘要: A method of and system for enabling users to manage and control access to and utilization of the data that is collected by web sites, social networks and the like regarding their online and offline interactions, and operating a rewards-based social network wherein rewards are issued by a third party to a member of the social network in exchange for providing access to that online interaction profile data of the member and their networked members, wherein the profile and/or rewards may be stored in one or more records in a blockchain ledger. The rewards may take the form of a cryptocurrency, cash currency, reward points and miles, store credits, bartered goods and services, micro-bits, and the like. Users can manage their profile, and accordingly the compensation they receive from third parties for access to their profile, through a dashboard interface accessible on the web.

    REWARDING ONLINE USERS AS A FUNCTION OF NETWORK TOPOLOGY

    公开(公告)号:US20180189818A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-05

    申请号:US15397254

    申请日:2017-01-03

    IPC分类号: G06Q30/02 H04L29/06

    摘要: A method and associated systems for rewarding online users as a function of network topology. An online-reward system receives a network topology and an unweighted base reward schedule that specifies amounts of incentive rewards to be awarded to performing users who perform a solicited desired action and to intermediary users who forward such a solicitation to another user. The system computes a position value for each node as a function of the node's position in the topology and uses those values to weight the base rewards. Each time the network topology changes, this process is repeated to immediately update weightings of nodes affected by the change. When a network user performs a solicited activity, the processor physically transfers rewards to the accounts of the performing and intermediary users, using the weighted values to determine the amount of each reward.