Method of Pay for Performance Accounting

• US 20110307362A1
• Filed: 12/09/2010
• Published: 12/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Social Genius, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Social Genius, Inc.
• Inventors: LARA, MARCOS
• Application Number:
  US12/964,400
• Publication Number:
  US 20110307362A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0207 Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/12 Accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

A method of accounting for the consumption of digital material. By facilitating a dynamically sourced, streaming performance of digital material and then reporting the occurrence of the performance and the audience that was estimated to be listening to the performance, a performance value may be assessed, and the rights holders informed. The audience may then be billed and the digital material rights holder compensated. In response to a request for a performance of digital material, a performance device may be provided a location of a mechanical containing the material. The performance device may then stream a performance of the digital material without providing copyable access to the digital material mechanical. The streamed performance is accounted for, making the nature and location of the performance mechanical irrelevant.

Claims

1. A method of accounting for consumption of digital material, said method comprising the steps of:

facilitating, by a digital electronic performance device, a performance of said digital material; and

reporting, by said digital electronic performance device to a network computer, said performance of said digital material.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising assessing a performance value.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein assessing a performance value further includes determining a performance rights holder of said digital material.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein assessing a performance value further includes determining a performance audience.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising billing at least one member of said performance audience said performance value.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving a request, by said network computer, for a performance of said digital material;

and providing, by said network computer to said digital electronic performance device, a location of a digital material mechanical.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein facilitating said performance further comprises accessing a third party streaming catalogue.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein facilitating said performance further comprises providing an application module, operative on said digital electronic performance device, to enable a streamed performance of said digital material.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein providing a streamed performance of said digital material occurs without copyable access to said digital material mechanical.

10. The method of claim 8 further comprising deleting, from said digital electronic performance device, data bits retrieved from said digital material mechanical.

11. The method of claim 8 wherein providing a streamed performance further comprises limiting user control of said performance to the group consisting of starting, stopping, controlling a volume of, skipping, fast forwarding, registering love for, registering hate for and repeating.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein determining a performance audience further comprises estimating a number of people within listening range of said digital electronic performance device.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein estimating a number of people within listening range further comprises electronically monitoring at least one mobile device distinct from said digital electronic performance device.

14. The method of claim 13 further comprising determining a performance privilege status of said performance audience regarding said digital material.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein said performance value accounts for said performance privilege status of said performance audience.

16. The method of claim 15 further comprising reporting said performance value to an owner of said digital material.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein said performance value comprises a non-monetary element.