US 11,682,046 B2
Systems and methods for implementing a sponsor portal for mediating services to end users
Michael Stoddart, Baldwin City, KS (US); and Arun Pimpalapure, Lewisville, TX (US)
Assigned to FINANCENINJA, LLC, Overland Park, KS (US)
Filed by FinanceNinja, LLC, Overland Park, KS (US)
Filed on Jan. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/576,709.
Application 17/576,709 is a continuation of application No. 16/906,794, filed on Jun. 19, 2020, granted, now 11,227,313.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/863,533, filed on Jun. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0138802 A1, May 5, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/0251 (2023.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2023.01); G06F 16/25 (2019.01); G06F 3/0483 (2013.01); G06Q 10/107 (2023.01); G06Q 30/016 (2023.01); G06Q 30/018 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0207 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0241 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/0637 (2023.01); G06Q 10/20 (2023.01); G06Q 40/06 (2012.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); G06Q 50/16 (2012.01); G06Q 40/03 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0267 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0483 (2013.01); G06F 16/252 (2019.01); G06Q 10/06316 (2013.01); G06Q 10/107 (2013.01); G06Q 30/016 (2013.01); G06Q 30/018 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0239 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0276 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0631 (2013.01); G06T 11/00 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06375 (2013.01); G06Q 10/20 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2013.01); G06Q 40/03 (2023.01); G06Q 40/06 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); G06Q 50/16 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A sponsor portal system configured to control a graphical user interface (GUI) at a user computing device, the sponsor portal system comprising a sponsor engine comprising a processor in communication with a database, the database storing sponsor profiles for a plurality of sponsors and user profiles for a plurality of users, each sponsor registered for recommending vendors to users, wherein the sponsor engine is programmed to cause to be displayed on the GUI:
a first display area displaying a plurality of tabs for different elements of the sponsor portal system; and
a second display area, wherein the sponsor engine is further programmed to dynamically update the second display area to display, in response to a selection of a leads tab in the first display area, a list of active offers, each active offer selectable by the sponsor and associated with a vendor, wherein in response to selection of an active offer, the sponsor engine is further programmed to:
cause display in overlay over the second display area a draft offer message corresponding to the selected active offer, the draft offer message including an offer title, a details section, and a hyperlink to additional information regarding the offer;
cause display of an approval control selectable to indicate approval of the draft offer message by the sponsor; and
wherein in response to selection of the approval control, the sponsor engine is programmed to:
determine, based upon the user profiles and at least one of the offer or the vendor associated with the offer, a subset of the plurality of users to receive the offer; and
transmit an interactive graphic to mobile computing devices of the subset of the plurality of users, the interactive graphic configured to communicate to the mobile computing devices a limited amount of information associated with the selected active offer, the limited amount of information comprising at least a portion of the offer title, the details section, and the hyperlink included in the draft offer message, the limited amount of information sized for ease of display on a smart phone screen of limited size.