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Cross device tracking of e-commerce sales

US11062329B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateApr 13, 2018
Grant dateJul 13, 2021
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Expiry dateApr 25, 2039

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q30/016
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An e-commerce system is provided that tracks purchase transaction across multiple client devices. The e-commerce system stores hop information describing when a customer is exposed to a product of a vendor through an affiliate who advertises the vendor's products. The e-commerce system determines from the stored hop information which affiliate or affiliates to compensate for the sale of a product. This allows the e-commerce system to determine, after the sale, whether additional affiliates need to be compensated for the sale of the product based on the hop information.

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