Systems and methods for implementing a sponsor portal for mediating services to end users

Abstract

A graphical user interface (GUI) for a sponsor portal system includes a first display area that persistently displays a list of a plurality of tabs and a second display area. When the GUI is executed by a computing device of a sponsor of the plurality of sponsors, the second display area is dynamically updatable to display a scrollable list of customers of the sponsor, a list of vendors approved by the sponsor, and a list of active offers. In response to selection of an active offer, the GUI is configured to display a draft offer message and an approval control. In response to selection of the approval control, the sponsor engine is configured to transmit an interactive graphic to mobile computing devices, the interactive graphic configured to communicate information to the mobile computing devices for display on a screen of limited size.

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         21 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to:
 communicate 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;   cause display, on a graphical user interface (GUI) of a computing device, of one or more of:
 a first display area displaying a plurality of tabs for different elements of a sponsor portal system; and 
 a second display area, wherein the second display area is dynamically updated in response to a selection of a leads tab in the first display area to display a list of active offers, each active offer selectable by the sponsor and associated with a vendor; 
   in response to selection of an active offer from the list of active offers, cause display in overlay over the second display area of a draft offer message corresponding to the selected active offer;   determine, based on 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 that is associated with the selected active offer and is sized to fit respective displays of the mobile computing devices.   
     
     
         22 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 21 , wherein the draft offer message includes one or more of an offer title, a details section, or a hyperlink to additional information regarding the offer. 
     
     
         23 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 22 , wherein the additional information regarding the offer comprises a vendor rating from a reviewer and at least one review comprising at least one comment from the reviewer, wherein the reviewer satisfies at least one standard regarding how the reviewer is connected with a respective user profile. 
     
     
         24 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 22 , wherein the limited amount of information associated with the selective active offer comprises one or more of a portion of the offer title, the details section, or the hyperlink to additional information regarding the offer. 
     
     
         25 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 21 , wherein the subset of the plurality of users to receive the offer is determined based upon vendor ratings, each respective vendor rating of the vendor ratings associated with the vendor and a respective user of the plurality of users and comprising a hierarchal connection identifying how the respective user is connected with rating providers of the vendor rating. 
     
     
         26 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 21 , wherein the user profiles include home details data, based on which one or more of a plurality of upgrades or a plurality of enhancements are recommended via the interactive graphic. 
     
     
         27 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 21 , wherein the respective displays comprise at least one smart phone screen of limited size and wherein the limited amount of information is sized for ease of display on the at least one smart phone screen of limited size. 
     
     
         28 . A sponsor portal system comprising at least one processor and at least one memory, wherein the sponsor portal system is programmed to cause to be displayed on a graphical user interface (GUI):
 a first display area displaying a plurality of tabs for different elements of the sponsor portal system;   a second display area, wherein the second display area is dynamically updated in response to a selection of a leads tab in the first display area to display a list of active offers, each active offer selectable by a sponsor and associated with a vendor, wherein in response to selection of an active offer from the list of active offers, the sponsor portal system further programmed to:
 cause display in overlay over the second display area of a draft offer message corresponding to the selected active offer; 
 determine, based on user profiles and at least one of the offer or the vendor associated with the offer, a subset of a 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 that is associated with the selected active offer and is sized to fit respective displays of the mobile computing devices. 
   
     
     
         29 . The sponsor portal system of  claim 28 , wherein the draft offer message includes one or more of an offer title, a details section, or a hyperlink to additional information regarding the offer. 
     
     
         30 . The sponsor portal system of  claim 29 , wherein the additional information regarding the offer comprises a vendor rating from a reviewer and at least one review comprising at least one comment from the reviewer, wherein the reviewer satisfies at least one standard regarding how the reviewer is connected with a respective user profile. 
     
     
         31 . The sponsor portal system of  claim 28 , wherein the limited amount of information comprises one or more of a portion of an offer title, a details section, or a hyperlink to additional information regarding the offer. 
     
     
         32 . The sponsor portal system of  claim 28 , wherein the subset of the plurality of users to receive the offer is determined based upon vendor ratings, each respective vendor rating of the vendor ratings associated with the vendor and a respective user of the plurality of users and comprising a hierarchal connection identifying how the respective user is connected with rating providers of the vendor rating. 
     
     
         33 . The sponsor portal system of  claim 28 , wherein the user profiles include home details data, based on which one or more of a plurality of upgrades or a plurality of enhancements are recommended via the interactive graphic. 
     
     
         34 . The sponsor portal system of  claim 28 , wherein the respective displays comprise at least one smart phone screen of limited size and wherein the limited amount of information is sized for ease of display on the at least one smart phone screen of limited size. 
     
     
         35 . A computer-implemented method for recommending vendors to a plurality of users, the computer-implemented method comprising:
 communicating with a database, the database storing sponsor profiles for a plurality of sponsors and user profiles for the plurality of users, each sponsor registered for recommending vendors to users;   causing display, on a graphical user interface (GUI) of a computing device, or one or more of:
 a first display area displaying a plurality of tabs for different elements of a sponsor portal system; and 
 a second display area, wherein the second display area is dynamically updated in response to a selection of a leads tab in the first display area to display a list of active offers, each active offer selectable by the sponsor and associated with a vendor; 
   in response to selection of an active offer from the list of active offers, causing display in overlay over the second display area of a draft offer message corresponding to the selected active offer;   determining, based on 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   transmitting 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 that is associated with the selected active offer and is sized to fit respective displays of the mobile computing devices.   
     
     
         36 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 35 , wherein the draft offer message includes one or more of an offer title, a details section, or a hyperlink to additional information regarding the offer. 
     
     
         37 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 36 , wherein the additional information regarding the offer comprises a vendor rating from a reviewer and at least one review comprising at least one comment from the reviewer, wherein the reviewer satisfies at least one standard regarding how the reviewer is connected with a respective user profile. 
     
     
         38 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 35 , wherein the limited amount of information comprises one or more of a portion of an offer title, a details section, and a hyperlink to additional information regarding the offer. 
     
     
         39 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 35 , wherein the subset of the plurality of users to receive the offer is determined based upon vendor ratings, each respective vendor rating of the vendor ratings associated with the vendor and a respective user of the plurality of users and comprising a hierarchal connection identifying how the respective user is connected with rating providers of the vendor rating. 
     
     
         40 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 35 , wherein the respective displays comprise at least one smart phone screen of limited size and wherein the limited amount of information is sized for ease of display on the at least one smart phone screen of limited size.