METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUGGESTING PRICES FOR RIGHTS IN FILES ON A NETWORK
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving a queried content file from an owner of a queried right in the queried content file;
identifying a first comparison content file which is associated with the queried content file, wherein a first right in the first comparison content file has been sold to a first user for a first price;
identifying a second comparison content file which is associated with the queried content file, wherein a second right in the second comparison content file has been sold to a second user for a second price; and
returning to the owner a range of suggested prices for the queried right in the queried content file, the range based on the first price and the second price, wherein the first price and the second price are different prices.
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Abstract
Systems and methods have been developed for suggesting prices for rights in files on a network. The systems and methods may provide suggested prices for a right in a content file which has not been sold before. The systems and methods may provide the ability for a user to purchase a right in a file about which the user may know little or nothing. The systems and methods may provide a publisher of a file to review the uses and users of the file on a network and the ability for a publisher to negotiate and sell rights in the file. The systems and methods may provide the ability to a user to research who owns a file and whether rights in the file are for sale.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a queried content file from an owner of a queried right in the queried content file; identifying a first comparison content file which is associated with the queried content file, wherein a first right in the first comparison content file has been sold to a first user for a first price; identifying a second comparison content file which is associated with the queried content file, wherein a second right in the second comparison content file has been sold to a second user for a second price; and returning to the owner a range of suggested prices for the queried right in the queried content file, the range based on the first price and the second price, wherein the first price and the second price are different prices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method comprising:
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receiving a queried content file from an owner of a queried right in the queried content file; identifying a first comparison content file which is associated with the queried content file, wherein a first right in the first comparison content file has been sold to a first user for a first price; identifying a popularity index of the queried content file; creating a second price based on the first price and the popularity index; and returning to the owner a range of suggested prices for the queried right in the queried content file, the range based on the first price and the second price, wherein the first price and the second price are different prices. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A system comprising:
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a cataloging engine which receives a queried content file from an owner of a queried right in the queried content file; wherein the cataloging engine identifies a first comparison content file based on the queried content file and the queried right; a brokering engine which retrieves a first price for which a first right in the first comparison content file was sold to a first user; and a pricing engine which presents a range of suggested prices for a queried right in the queried content file. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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