Commercial web

• US 20080091607A1
• Filed: 10/13/2006
• Published: 04/17/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.
• Original Assignee: Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.
• Inventors: Alderucci, Dean P.
• Application Number:
  US11/580,688
• Publication Number:
  US 20080091607A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/51
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/12 specially adapted for electronic shopping systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/123 Shopping for digital content
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

Provided are methods and systems for operating a web-based data service in which paying users receive a benefit for content provided to the service.

Claims

1. A method, comprising

a. receiving a fee from at least one user;

b. providing content to the users from whom a fee is received;

c. receiving content from at least one user from whom a fee is received; and

d. providing a benefit to the users from whom content is received based at least in part on the content received from the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the benefit is a payment to the user, whereby the fee received from the user is the fee due less a credit.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the credit is a portion of the fee received from the user.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the credit does not exceed a predefined amount.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein c) comprises receiving content from a predefined type of user.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the type of user is a subscriber.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the type of user is a user paying the maximum fee on a fee scale.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the content is selected from the group consisting of:

video, audio, podcast, transaction data, chat rooms, analysis, research, articles, rumors, market data, news, modeling systems, advertising, games, weather reports and forecasts, and data derived from any of the foregoing.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising e) cleaning the content received from users.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising e) sending the content to an entity to be cleaned and f) receiving the cleaned content from said entity.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising e) displaying the content.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising e) receiving at least one rating of the content and f) displaying the at least one rating or a value calculated from the at least rating.

13. A method, comprising

a. receiving content from at least one user;

b. providing a benefit to the users from whom content is received based at least in part on the content received from the user; and

c. providing content to the users only if a condition is met.

14. A method, comprising

a. paying a fee;

b. viewing content in return for paying the fee;

c. providing content in return for paying the fee; and

d. receiving a benefit based at least in part on the content provided.

15. A method, comprising

a. providing content;

b. receiving a benefit based at least in part on the content provided; and

c. viewing content only if a condition is met.

16. A method, comprising:

a. receiving a subscription fee from at least one user;

b. providing content to the users from whom a subscription fee is received;

c. receiving content from at least one user from whom a subscription fee is received;

d. measuring the number of times the received content is accessed by other users; and

e. providing a benefit to the user from whom content is received based at least in part on the accesses by others of the content received from the user.

17. A method comprising:

a. receiving a fee from at least one user;

b. providing content to the users from whom a fee is received;

c. receiving content from at least one user from whom a fee is received;

d. receiving registration information from the users from whom content is received;

e. providing a benefit to the users from whom content is received based at least in part on the content received from the user; and

f. providing content received from the users to other users.