SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAINTENANCE AND PERPETUATION OF A DEDICATED DATA BODY
First Claim
1. A method comprisingcreating a legal entity that is associated with an original owner, a dedicated data body and data services for the dedicated data body;
- creating a fund, associated with the legal entity, which is managed by a fund manager;
establishing an insurance policy, associated with the legal entity, which is issued by an insurance provider.
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Abstract
One example embodiment relates to a method comprising creating a legal entity, creating a fund, and establishing an insurance policy. The legal entity is associated with an original owner, a dedicated data body and data services for the dedicated data body. The fund is associated with the legal entity and which is managed by a fund manager. The insurance policy is associated with the legal entity and is issued by an insurance provider. Another example embodiment relates to a method comprising creating a legal entity that is associated with an original owner, a dedicated data body and data services for the dedicated data body. The method further comprises establishing an insurance policy, associated with the legal entity, which is issued by an insurance provider. Other embodiments also exist.
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1. A method comprising
creating a legal entity that is associated with an original owner, a dedicated data body and data services for the dedicated data body; -
creating a fund, associated with the legal entity, which is managed by a fund manager; establishing an insurance policy, associated with the legal entity, which is issued by an insurance provider. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method comprising
creating a legal entity that is associated with an original owner, a dedicated data body and data services for the dedicated data body; establishing an insurance policy, associated with the legal entity, which is issued by an insurance provider. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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27. In a system comprising a dedicated data body stored in computer-readable media, data services providers that service the dedicated data body, an insurance provider that provides insurance with respect to the dedicated data body and maintenance thereof, a fund manager that manages a perpetual fund that finances the services of the data services providers and the insurance provider, and a guardian that engages and oversees the data service providers, the insurance provider, and the fund manager, a method, performed by the guardian, comprising:
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managing a legal entity that owns the perpetual fund, including using the earnings of the perpetual fund to make repeated payments to the data services providers and the insurance provider, the payments to the data services providers being at least partially for compensating the data services providers for storing, maintaining and expanding the dedicated data body and for ensuring that the data body remains continuously accessible by computing devices over time, the payments to the insurance provider being at least partially for compensating the insurance provider for providing insurance that insures against partial or total loss of the data and against partial or total loss of accessibility to the data, the perpetual fund being configured to generate sufficient investment proceeds to (i) make the repeated payments to the insurance provider and the data services provider the data management services and other services and to (ii) maintain the real value of the perpetual fund over long periods through reinvestment; wherein the dedicated data body comprises data that is dedicated to a specific person; wherein the dedicated data body, the legal entity and the perpetual fund are owned by the person during the lifetime of the person; wherein the dedicated data body, associated legal entity and associated fund are controlled by the guardian after the death of the person; and wherein the dedicated data body is stored in machine-readable storage media and being accessible by computing devices via global networks to generate output for presentation to a user. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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29. In a system comprising a dedicated data body stored in computer-readable media, data services providers that service the dedicated data body, and a virtual life manager that engages and oversees the services providers;
- a method, performed by the virtual life manager, comprising;
receiving payments from the data owner; and deducting, from the payments, fees for services of the virtual life manager; and making repeated payments to the data services providers, the payments to the data services providers being at least partially for compensating the data services providers for storing and maintaining the dedicated data body, for ensuring that the data body remains continuously accessible by computing devices over time and for providing services and applications for the growth and use of the data body; wherein the dedicated data body comprises data that is dedicated to a specific social or commercial entity, the dedicated data body being stored in machine-readable storage media and being accessible by computing devices via global networks.
- a method, performed by the virtual life manager, comprising;
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