Method and system for providing a widget usable in affiliate marketing

Abstract

A system and computer implemented method for providing a widget are described. The method and system include rendering the widget on a site. The widget dynamically displays multimedia content associated with a campaign. The widget is also embeddable, copyable, and allows for at least one user action. The method and system also include receiving at least one input related to the at least one action and updating the widget based on a goal corresponding to the at least one action.

1 . A computer implemented method for providing a widget comprising:
 rendering the widget on a site, the widget for dynamically displaying multimedia content associated with a campaign, the widget being embeddable, copyable, and allowing at least one user action;   receiving at least one input related to the at least one action; and   updating the widget based on at least one goal corresponding to the at least one action.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the campaign is associated with an organizer and wherein the widget and the site are associated with an owner different from the organizer. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising:
 tracking the at least one action.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3  wherein the tracking further includes:
 providing a point for a portion of the at least one action; and   tracking a number of points for the widget.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 3  wherein the tracking further includes:
 determining an aggregate for the at least one action; and wherein the widget updating further includes   updating the widget based on a goal for the aggregate.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the at least one action includes at least one of a view of the widget, a click through to a site associated with the campaign, a contribution, proof that a specific site was visited, copying of the widget, and a sign-up. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising:
 rendering the widget after the updating step.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the updating further includes:
 providing an additional feature for the widget.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 6  wherein the additional feature includes at least one of additional multimedia content, access to an additional uniform resource identifier, a discount, a prize, a privilege, an additional function, recognition for the widget. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1  wherein a widget owner is associated with the widget and wherein the at least one action includes a purchase, the method further comprising:
 providing a payment to the widget owner based on the purchase.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the widget is a copy of an ancestor widget and wherein the method further includes:
 receiving a configuration for a sub-campaign associated with the campaign, the sub-campaign being configured by a widget owner associated with the site.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the widget has a plurality of copies, the method further comprising:
 providing the update to at least a portion of the plurality of copies.   
     
     
         13 . A computer implemented method for providing a widget associated with a widget owner, the method comprising:
 rendering the widget on a site associated with the widget owner, the widget for dynamically displaying multimedia content associated with a campaign for an organizer, the widget being embeddable, copyable, and allowing at least one user action;   receiving at least one input related to the at least one action; and   providing a payment to the widget owner based on at least one goal associated with the at least one action.   
     
     
         14 . A system for providing a widget comprising;
 a widget maker for receiving a configuration of the widget, the widget for dynamically displaying multimedia content, the widget being embeddable, copyable, and allowing at least one user action, the configuration including a campaign with which the widget is associated, the configuration further indicating an update for the widget based on a goal corresponding to the at least one action;   a database for storing data for the widget;   at least one server for rendering the widget on a site.   
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 14  further comprising:
 a control panel for configuring the campaign.   
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 14  wherein the campaign is associated with an organizer and wherein the widget and the site are associated with an owner different from the organizer. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 14  wherein the server further tracks the at least one action. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 17  wherein the server further determines an aggregate for the at least one action and wherein the update is based on a goal for the aggregate. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 14  wherein the at least one action includes at least one of a view of the widget, a click through to a site associated with the campaign, a contribution, proof that a specific site was visited, copying of the widget, and a sign-up. 
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 14  further comprising:
 an additional site, the at least one action being related to the additional site, the additional site including embeddable code for tracking the at least one action.   
     
     
         21 . The system of  claim 14  wherein the widget is a copy of an ancestor widget and wherein the configuration further includes a sub-campaign associated with the campaign. 
     
     
         22 . A widget corresponding to embeddable code, the widget comprising;
 embeddable code based on a configuration, the embeddable code being copyable, allowing at least one user action, associated with a campaign, and for dynamically displaying multimedia content, the configuration further indicating an update for the widget based on a goal corresponding to the at least one action;   wherein the update is provided for the widget based on the goal being reached.   
     
     
         23 . An executable software product stored on a computer-readable medium containing program instructions for providing a widget, the program instructions for:
 rendering the widget on a site, the widget for dynamically displaying multimedia content associated with a campaign, the widget being embeddable, copyable, and allowing at least one user action;   receiving at least one input related to the at least one action; and   updating the widget based on at least one goal corresponding to the at least one action.   
     
     
         24 . The executable software product of  claim 23  wherein the campaign is associated with an organizer and wherein the widget and the site are associated with an owner different from the organizer. 
     
     
         25 . The executable software product of  claim 23  wherein a widget owner is associated with the widget and wherein the at least one action includes a purchase, and wherein the program further includes instructions for:
 providing a payment to the widget owner based on the purchase.