Method and system for incentivizing the promotion of a payment service

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APP PUB NO 20050171842A1
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10772530

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A method and an apparatus to incentivize a first party to refer a payment service to a second party. The method includes establishing an account for the second party, wherein the account is associated with one of a plurality of bonus programs and wherein the account is further associated with the first party; receiving a payment for the second party in the account; and automatically awarding a payout to the first party based on the payment to the account and the bonus program that is associated with the account.

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PAYPAL INC2211 NORTH FIRST STREET SAN JOSE CA 95131

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
McClure, Dave San Mateo, CA 1 54
Tien, Alan Sunnyvale, CA 16 616

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