Patent ID: 9595068
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: G06Q

Claim:
1. A computer-implementable method executing on a hardware processor for automating the administration of social commerce within a social media environment, comprising: processing social commerce activity data within the social media environment corresponding to a plurality of social commerce sites to generate social commerce analysis data, the plurality of social commerce sites comprising respective social commerce storefronts embedded within respective social media sites, the plurality of social commerce sites associated with a provider of a set of available products and further associated with a corresponding plurality of affiliates of the provider of a set of available products, each social commerce storefront comprising a catalog of at least some of the set of purchasable products, the social media site comprising social commerce content associated with the at least some of the set of purchasable products, the plurality of affiliates of the provider participating in an affiliate network, the affiliate network allowing participation in an affiliate program, the processing social commerce activity executing on the hardware processor; processing the social commerce analysis data to generate social commerce recommendation data, the processing social commerce analysis data executing on the hardware processor; and providing the social commerce recommendation data to the corresponding plurality of affiliates, the providing the social commerce recommendation data executing on the hardware processor; and wherein the social media environment comprises a social network management module, the social network management module managing linkages between the social media environment and the plurality of social commerce sites; and, each respective social commerce storefront comprises a respective affiliate storefront management module executing on a respective hardware processor, each respective affiliate storefront management module managing the respective social commerce storefront, the managing comprising receiving the social commerce recommendation data and using the social commerce recommendation data to display a representation of a product corresponding to the social commerce recommendation data within the respective social commerce storefront to enable users to purchase the product associated with the social commerce recommendation data.