Method and system for facilitating social payment or commercial transactions

Abstract

A system and computer implemented method for providing a widget are described. The widget is embeddable, copyable and for dynamically displaying multimedia content. The method and system include receiving a campaign configuration for a campaign and a configuration of the widget. The campaign includes at least one goal related to at least one user action. The widget dynamically displays multimedia content related to the campaign. The configuration includes the campaign with which the widget is associated. The widget is capable of receiving at least one user input related to the action. The input indicates that the at least one action has bee performed. The method and system further include rendering the widget on a site, receiving input related to the action, tracking the action, and updating the widget if the action indicates that the at least one goal has been fulfilled. The widget may then be re-rendered on the site.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] The present application claims priority from co-pending provisional application Ser. No. 60 / 853,829, filed Oct. 23, 2006, entitled “Method and System for Facilitating Social Payment or Commercial Transactions”, and from co-pending provisional application Ser. No. 60 / 854,018, filed Oct. 23, 2006, entitled “Method and System for Facilitating Social Payment or Commercial Transactions”, both assigned to the assignee of the present application.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] The World Wide Web has matured into an integral part of daily life for users around the world. The Internet may be used for commerce, social transactions, and sharing of multimedia content. For example, electronic commerce has grown significantly in recent years. Consumer commercial transactions that occur over the World Wide Web or use protocols that leverage the Internet such as SMTP (email) are collectively known as “electronic commerce.” The current model for elec...

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Benefits of technology

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Problems solved by technology

Although electronic commerce and social transactions are possible via the World Wide Web, there are drawbacks.

Such relationships are not well supported by current electronic commerce and social media platforms.

In addition, the ability of tools, such as widgets, to reflect individual users' tastes may be limited.

Consequently, users' ability to engage in social, commercial, and other transactions including sharing of multimedia content may be limited.

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