Patent ID: 8311947
Filing Date: 2012-11-13
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. At a syndicator computer system that is in a computing networking environment and that includes at least one processor, a method for the syndicator computer system to syndicate an online service bundle, which includes at least one syndication partner-submitted service, in a manner specified by the syndication partner, the method comprising: an act of a syndicator computer system determining that a syndication relationship has been established between the syndicator computer system and a syndication partner, an act of the syndicator computer system providing to the syndicator partner an act of the syndicator computer system receiving (1) an online service, and (2) usage information from the syndication partner, based on the received usage information, an act of the syndicator computer system providing the service bundle, which includes the syndication partner's online service, to at least one of the syndication partners and clients in the manner indicated by the received usage information.