Patent ID: 8571944

Claim:
A system for distributing commissions within a relationship network comprising: a) a network manager device; b) at least one network affiliate device that has an affiliate relationship with the network manager device; and c) a plurality of network member devices that each have a member relationship with the network manager device, the plurality of network member devices including at least one primary network member device and at least one additional network member device related to the at least one primary network member device through referral or invitation to the relationship network, wherein the at least one primary network member device and the at least one additional network member device form a lineal arrangement whereby each additional network member device that joins the relationship network becomes a lineal descendent of the referring network member device, d) wherein a transaction between a network affiliate device and a network member device defined as a transacting network member device generates a commission by the network affiliate device, a portion of the commission being distributed as a donation to at least one donation beneficiary device that promotes environmental or social concerns, and another portion of the commission being defined as a member commission and distributed to the transacting network member device and to each lineal descendent of the transacting network member device, wherein the lineal arrangement of referred network member devices are associated to each other and to the primary network member device by levels, with the primary network member device residing on level one (1) of the lineal arrangement and each additional referred member device residing on a level that is incremented relative to the level location of the network member device that referred the additional referred member device to the relationship network, and wherein the member commission (MC) is distributed in a proportionate amount to each network member device in a referral lineage between and including the transacting network member device defined as a purchasing network device and the primary network member device.