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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMING A FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT INDEXED TO ENTERTAINMENT REVENUE

  • US 20120016791A1
  • Filed: 09/26/2011
  • Published: 01/19/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method comprising:

  • providing, by a computing device, an interface through which a seller may submit information regarding one or more derivative contracts related to one or more respective rights in one or more respective revenues of one or more respective entertainment events produced by one or more respective entertainment companies;

    receiving, from the seller by the computing device, an indication of a first derivative contract that grants a holder of the first derivative contract a right to a first payment from a first entertainment company when a first period of time has ended, in which the payment includes a portion of a revenue earned by a first entertainment event produced by the first entertainment company during at least a portion of the first period of time, in which the first derivative contract does not grant an equity right in the first entertainment company to the holder;

    presenting, by the computing device, an indication of the first derivative contract to a plurality of potential buyers, in which the indication identifies the first period of time, the first entertainment event, and the portion of the revenue;

    receiving, from a buyer by the computing device, a bid to buy the first derivative contract for a first price;

    in response to receiving the indication and the bid, facilitating, by the computing device, an exchange of the first derivative contract between the buyer and the seller; and

    facilitating a provision of the first payment to the buyer from the first entertainment company when the first period of time has ended.

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