System for tracking the successful recommendation of a good or service

摘要

A system for tracking the successful recommendation of a good/service comprising a mobile phone possessed by a receiver, a second mobile phone possessed by a recommender, the mobile phones send and receive communication messages; at least one database; and an intermediary system. The recommender composes a first communication message to the intermediary system including the mobile phone number of the mobile phone, a unique identifier of the recommender and a reference code for a good/service associated with the selected good/service. The intermediary system receives the first communication message; parses the message to identify separate information included therein; creates a new referral record including the unique identifier of the recommender, the mobile phone number of the mobile phone and the reference code for the recommended good/service; composes a recommendation message recommending the recommended good/service and sends the recommendation message to the mobile phone using a phone number having a unique identification.

主权项

1. A system for tracking the successful recommendation of a good or service comprising:
a first mobile phone in the possession of a receiver, the first mobile phone capable of sending and receiving communication messages; a second mobile phone in the possession of a recommender, the second mobile phone capable of sending and receiving communication messages; at least one database; and an intermediary system, the intermediary system in communication with the mobile phones through a mobile telecommunications network, wherein, the intermediary system is operable to: receive a first communication message sent to the intermediary system via first short code, the first message having been composed by the recommender and including the mobile phone number allocated to the first mobile phone and a reference code associated with the good or service to be recommended; parse the first communication message to identify the separate information included therein; create a new referral record including the mobile phone number allocated to the second mobile phone and the reference code for the recommended good or service; store the referral record in the at least one database; and compose a recommendation message recommending the recommended good or service and send the recommendation message to the first mobile phone using a phone number having a unique identification number, where the unique identification number is composed from the concatenation of a common short code, the reference code and the mobile phone number of the recommender; wherein, the first mobile phone is operative to, on receipt of the recommendation message, enable the receiver to accept the recommendation by replying to the recommendation message with an appropriate acceptance response, and, the intermediary system being operable to take steps as appropriate to deem the recommendation successful responsive to the reply to the recommendation message.