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System and Method for Managing Sponsorships

  • US 20080195401A1
  • Filed: 12/19/2006
  • Published: 08/14/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for managing a sponsorship between a sponsor and a requester comprising:

  • (a) a content database containing protected content of the sponsor;

    (b) a terms and conditions database containing an agreement that the requester must accept before gaining access to the protected content; and

    (c) a sponsor application adapted to communicate with a computer of the requester through a computer network, to receive a request for sponsorship from the requester, to respond to the request with one of an approval and a refusal, to retrieve the agreement from the terms and conditions database, to present the agreement to the requester, to receive one of an acceptance and a denial of the terms and conditions from the requester, to retrieve the protected content from the content database, to download the protected content to the requester after the requester has accepted the terms and conditions, to request and receive a sample use of the protected content from the requester, and to analyze whether the sample use complies with the agreement.

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