SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROMOTING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
First Claim
1. A computer implemented system promoting inventions over the Internet communications network, the system comprising:
- a host computer station connected to said communications network and having a database with stored invention information;
a restricted access interface in communication with the host computer station and in communication via the communications network with at least one industry computer station;
a computer program enrollment module for enrolling a user of said industry computer station as an industry representative user wishing to access the stored invention information, wherein said enrollment module conditions such access upon the industry representative user executing an agreement regarding the stored invention information; and
a computer program invention disclosure module selectively granting the industry representative user access to said stored invention information upon execution by the industry representative user of the agreement.
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Abstract
A method and system for the online promotion of intellectual property includes providing an Internet host station with at least one database that is connectable via the Internet to consumer stations and industry stations. The database includes a plurality of intellectual property items and a description of each intellectual property item. At least one of the intellectual property items is selected by a consumer station and the description associated with the selected intellectual property item is viewed at the consumer station. Portions of the description may be confidential and therefore not normally viewed at the consumer station. Feedback data is sent from the consumer station to the host station. The feedback data includes consumer opinion information of the selected intellectual property item based at least in part on the description of the selected intellectual property item. The feedback data is then accessed from an industry station to thereby determine the interest in the selected intellectual property item based on the consumer opinion.
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19 Claims
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1. A computer implemented system promoting inventions over the Internet communications network, the system comprising:
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a host computer station connected to said communications network and having a database with stored invention information; a restricted access interface in communication with the host computer station and in communication via the communications network with at least one industry computer station; a computer program enrollment module for enrolling a user of said industry computer station as an industry representative user wishing to access the stored invention information, wherein said enrollment module conditions such access upon the industry representative user executing an agreement regarding the stored invention information; and a computer program invention disclosure module selectively granting the industry representative user access to said stored invention information upon execution by the industry representative user of the agreement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A computer implemented method of promoting inventions over the Internet communications network, the method comprising:
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providing a host computer station connected to said communications network and having a database with stored invention information; providing a restricted access interface in communication with the host computer station and in communication via the communications network with at least one industry computer station; enrolling, using a computer program enrollment module, an industry representative user of said industry computer station wishing to access the stored invention information, wherein said enrollment module conditions such access upon the industry representative user executing an agreement regarding the stored invention information; granting selectively, using a computer program invention disclosure module, the industry representative user access to said stored invention information based on execution by the industry representative user of the agreement. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer implemented system for promoting inventions over a communications network, the system comprising:
a host computer station connected to a communications network and associated with a database having stored invention information, the host computer station being operable to; communicate with a restricted access interface; communicate with at least one industry computer station via the communications network; enroll an industry representative user of the industry computer station desiring access to the stored invention information, wherein such access is conditioned upon the industry representative user executing an agreement; and grant the industry representative user access to the stored invention information based on execution by the industry representative user of the agreement. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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