Patent ID: 7811172

Claim:
A method for determining credit for a sale made at a time using an electronic communication device, the method comprising: determining, by at least one processor, a location of the electronic communication device at the time of the sale; determining by the at least one processor, for each of a plurality of retailers, a distance between (a) the location of the electronic communication device at the time of the sale and (b) a location of the respective retailer; and determining, by the at least one processor, the credit based at least partially on the determined distance between the location of the electronic communication device at the time of the sale and the location of each respective retailer, wherein the step of determining the credit comprises: determining, based on the determined distance between (a) the location of the electronic communication device at the time of the sale and (b) the location of each respective retailer, one or more of the plurality of retailers that are within a predetermined range of the location of the electronic communication device at the time of the sale, and providing the credit to the one or more retailers, wherein the credit is divided equally among the one or more retailers.