PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION SERVICES

• US 20080201223A1
• Filed: 09/19/2007
• Published: 08/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: CFPH LLC (Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.)
• Original Assignee: CFPH LLC (Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.)
• Inventors: LUTNICK, Howard W.
• Application Number:
  US11/857,915
• Publication Number:
  US 20080201223A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0213 Consumer transaction fees
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0249 based upon budgets or funds
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions

Abstract

Methods and system are provided herewith for providing information services. A data service in according with the methods and systems disclosed herein may provide content for the data service and/or may provide content to subscribers via the service and the content provider may provide a credit or other benefit to the content provider.

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.

e.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the benefit is a credit against the fee received from the user.

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

4. The method of claim 2, where in the credit may not exceed a certain limit.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein c) comprises receiving content from at least one user from whom a certain type of fee is received.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the fee is a subscription fee.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the fee is a maximum fee.

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 “

cleaned”

data.

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 ratings of the content and f) displaying the received ratings.

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.

d.

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.