Broadest Patent Claim:
A method for facilitating a dot-com economy, comprising the steps of:
promoting a dot-com idea wherein millions of users may be connected and engage in business to consumer (B2C) transactions;
receiving millions and millions of dollars from a plurality of typically unsuspecting investors;
spending said millions and millions of dollars in an indiscriminate manner, wherein the majority of dollars are effectively donated gratis to a plurality of advertising agencies and television/radio stations;
further receiving additional millions and millions of dollars from an additional plurality of typically unsuspecting investors;
revising said original Business to Consumer (B2C) model into a Business to Business (B2B) model after said additional millions and millions of dollar have been spent; and
issuing publically available shares for said new B2B company, wherein a plurality of unsuspecting investors lose even more millions and millions of dollars after said B2B's company's shares plummet.
Slashdot Mirror
A method for enabling an e-commerce site to earn one "valuable" dot-com consumer:
spend a net $50 on advertising costs to get the one said "valuable" consumer to visit your site;
provide the consumer a coupon for $20 off a purchase of at least $10;
fulfill consumer's order for $10 worth of product;
provide $10 rebate to consumer; and
congratulate oneself that cost for procuring consumer only exceeded price of goods bought by sevenfold.
Patent Title:
A method for losing a lot of money.
Broadest Patent Claim:
A method for facilitating a dot-com economy, comprising the steps of:
promoting a dot-com idea wherein millions of users may be connected and engage in business to consumer (B2C) transactions;
receiving millions and millions of dollars from a plurality of typically unsuspecting investors;
spending said millions and millions of dollars in an indiscriminate manner, wherein the majority of dollars are effectively donated gratis to a plurality of advertising agencies and television/radio stations;
further receiving additional millions and millions of dollars from an additional plurality of typically unsuspecting investors;
revising said original Business to Consumer (B2C) model into a Business to Business (B2B) model after said additional millions and millions of dollar have been spent; and
issuing publically available shares for said new B2B company, wherein a plurality of unsuspecting investors lose even more millions and millions of dollars after said B2B's company's shares plummet.