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Originally Posted by pornopete
Also where there no affiliate programs offline or on BBSes before the internet?
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if a BBS had an affiliate program, it would have been something like a "coupon code" or a "referral code" that you would have typed in.
the "affiliate" woudl be someone who did the marketing to tell people which BBS# to dial, and to enter their code on signup.
This patent basically said that by linking from one site to another and embedding an identifying code, then that would essentially replace the need to type in a code.
so the BBS example, even if found, would not be prior art, since it was not clicking on a link.
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