CONSUMER DRIVEN PRODUCT ANALYSIS AND PRODUCTION SYSTEM

• US 20080140513A1
• Filed: 12/28/2007
• Published: 06/12/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/22/1999
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Michael Walden
• Original Assignee: Michael Walden
• Inventors: Walden, Michael
• Application Number:
  US11/966,380
• Publication Number:
  US 20080140513A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/10
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0273 Determination of fees for advertising

Abstract

A system and computer implemented method for promoting the work of authorship of an artist (FIG. 1) is disclosed as including providing the work of authorship (FIG. 1) in response to a request for access from a requester (FIG. 1) to whom said work of authorship (FIG. 1) is released; analyzing the number of times the work of authorship has been released (FIG. 1); and limiting the number of times a work of authorship is released (FIG. 1) in response to such analysis. It is preferred for the registration of third parties to define a registered subscriber (FIG. 1) and it is preferred to receive information from the registered subscriber (FIG. 1) regarding the work of authorship (FIG. 1) and to provide a reward to the registered subscriber (FIG. 1).

Claims

1. A computer implemented method for promoting a work of authorship of an artist, said method comprising the steps of:

providing a work of authorship created by an artist, in electronic form, for access;

releasing said work of authorship in response to a request for access from a requestor;

recording both the release of a work of authorship and the requester to whom said work of authorship is released;

analyzing the number of times a work of authorship has been released; and

limiting the number of times a work of authorship is released.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of registering a requester, thereby defining a registered subscriber;

and receiving information from said registered subscriber regarding said work of authorship.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising the steps of requesting said registered subscriber to provide information regarding said work of authorship and providing a modified work of authorship, in electronic form, for access, wherein said work of authorship is modified in response to information received from said registered subscriber.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising the step of providing a reward to said registered subscriber.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising the step of tracking the provision of rewards.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein said step of providing a reward comprises the step of making a portion of said reward available to said registered subscriber.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein said step of providing a reward comprises the step of making a portion of said reward available to said artist.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said step of releasing said work of authorship, comprises the step of charging said requester for releasing said work of authorship.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said method is implemented on a server and wherein said step of releasing said work of authorship, comprises the steps of designating a portion of said server for use by said requestor, storing said work of authorship in said designated portion and charging said requestor.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising adjusting said charge in response to said analyzing step.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of receiving a new work of authorship and providing said new work of authorship in electronic form.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of providing a preview of said work of authorship to said registered subscriber.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of providing a physical copy of said work of authorship to said registered subscriber.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising the step of limiting the number of physical copies being provided.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein said step of releasing said work of authorship comprises the step of associating a serial designation to the release of said work of authorship, wherein each release of said work of authorship has a separate serial designation.

15. A computer implemented method for promoting a work of authorship of an artist, said method comprising the steps of:

providing at least a portion of a work of authorship created by an artist, in electronic form, for access;

releasing at least a portion of said work of authorship in response to a request for access from a requestor;

accumulating both the release of a work of authorship and the requester to whom said work of authorship is released;

limiting the number of times a work of authorship is released in response to the total number of releases accumulated;

registering a third party, thereby defining a registered subscriber;

receiving information from said registered subscriber regarding said work of authorship; and

providing a reward to said registered subscriber.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein said step of providing a reward comprises providing at least a portion of said reward to said registered subscriber.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising the steps of accumulating said rewards provided to said registered subscriber, receiving notification from said subscriber of a desire to receive the accumulated rewards and providing the accumulated rewards to said subscriber.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein said step of providing a reward comprises providing at least a portion of said reward to said artist.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein said step of limiting the number of times said work of authorship is released comprises setting a numerical limit, said method further comprising the steps of:

halting the release of said work of authorship after said numerical limit is reached;

defining at least a portion of the requestors as a first group;

modifying at least a portion of said work of authorship;

providing the modified work of authorship for access;

releasing at least a portion of said modified work of authorship in response to a request for access from a requester;

accumulating both the release of a work of authorship and the requestor to whom said work of authorship is released; and

providing a reward to those requestors defined as said first group.