Collectible item authentication and ownership system and method of selling collectible items
First Claim
1. An on-line system for authenticating a collectible item or other type of memorabilia comprising:
- a website having a web page for the collectible item;
a unique URL address assigned to the web page; and
a unique password assigned to a current owner of the collectible item for editing ownership information displayed on the web page.
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Abstract
An on-line system for authenticating a collectible item or other type of memorabilia is provided which includes a web page on a on-line title company'"'"'s website for the collectible item, wherein the web page displays a digital image of the collectible item, written description of the item, and the current owner of the collectible item. The web page is assigned a unique URL address and unique password. The web page may be viewed by the general public via the internet through the URL address in read only format. In the event of a transfer of ownership of the collectible item, the new owner is given the URL address for the web page, and the password. The new owner may then edit the owner information field on the web page by entering the password provided to him or her by the previous owner to update the owner'"'"'s information displayed on the web page. In a further aspect of the invention, the collectible item is an individual video and audio segment of a celebrity reciting a greeting to an individual chosen from a selection of available greetings, which is saved on a VHS cassette or DVD, and may also be saved in a computer file and then displayed on a web page and viewed by the general public as set forth above.
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19 Claims
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1. An on-line system for authenticating a collectible item or other type of memorabilia comprising:
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a website having a web page for the collectible item;
a unique URL address assigned to the web page; and
a unique password assigned to a current owner of the collectible item for editing ownership information displayed on the web page. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An on-line title registration system for collectible items viewable by the general public via the internet comprising:
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a website having a web page which includes a picture of the collectible item on the web page;
a unique URL address assigned to the web page;
a written description of the collectible item located on the web page;
a unique password assigned to a current owner of a collectible item and to an on-line title company; and
wherein the web page is accessible to the entire general public in read only format but where the ownership information on the web page may be edited by the owner of the collectible item and by the title company. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for authenticating a collectible item or other type of memorabilia comprising the steps of:
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creating the collectible item;
creating a web page for collectible item;
creating a unique URL address for the web page assigning the unique URL address to the web page;
creating a unique password for web page; and
assigning the unique password to the current owner of the collectible item and to title company for being able to edit ownership information on the web page. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for creating and merchandising celebrity greetings comprising:
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a video camera for the continuous recording of a celebrity reciting a plurality of personalized greetings;
a VHS cassette or DVD for storing video image and audio of the celebrity reciting said greetings captured by said video camera;
a video editing system for editing the video image and audio of each greeting on said VHS cassette or DVD-onto a separate blank VHS cassette or DVD; and
a computer based video editing system;
said video editing system is linked to said computer based video editing system, said computer based video editing system encodes each individual greeting from the VHS cassette or DVD into a separate file, one video computer file per greeting.
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