Systems and methods for distributed administration of public and private electronic markets
First Claim
1. A system for administering electronic markets which include encrypted electronic content, the system comprisinga connection system to permit connection to a communication network having an electronic server system configured to permit communication among a community of users and for hosting of the electronic markets;
- a distributed administration system, wherein any user of the community of users can be provided with a capability of configuring and administering individual ones of the electronic markets, including the capability of uploading selected electronic content to the administered electronic market;
a set of access permissions which control access to the electronic markets, wherein the access permissions control which users of the community of users have access to the electronic markets;
a set of usage permissions which control usage of the encrypted electronic content of the electronic markets; and
a paper interface for utilization of the electronic markets including administration of the electronic markets, wherein any user of the community of users can be provided with the capability of configuring and administering individual ones of the electronic markets by using of the paper interface.
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Abstract
Set forth is a system and method for administering electronic markets which include encrypted electronic content. The system provides access to a communication network having an electronic server system configured to permit communication among a community of users, where the server system is used to host the electronic markets. A distributed configuration and administration system permits any authorized user of the community of users to have the capability of configuring and administrating electronic markets. A set of access permissions control which users of the community of users have access to electronic markets, and a set of usage permissions control the use of content contained in the electronic markets. A set of management permissions control which users of the community of users can manage the access and usage permissions for markets and content.
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23 Claims
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1. A system for administering electronic markets which include encrypted electronic content, the system comprising
a connection system to permit connection to a communication network having an electronic server system configured to permit communication among a community of users and for hosting of the electronic markets; -
a distributed administration system, wherein any user of the community of users can be provided with a capability of configuring and administering individual ones of the electronic markets, including the capability of uploading selected electronic content to the administered electronic market; a set of access permissions which control access to the electronic markets, wherein the access permissions control which users of the community of users have access to the electronic markets; a set of usage permissions which control usage of the encrypted electronic content of the electronic markets; and a paper interface for utilization of the electronic markets including administration of the electronic markets, wherein any user of the community of users can be provided with the capability of configuring and administering individual ones of the electronic markets by using of the paper interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of creating and administrating an electronic marketplace comprising:
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forming a network of a community of users electronically interconnected via an electronic communication system, the community of users being a subset of users having access to the electronic communication system; logging on, by a first user, to the network of the community of users; creating, by the first user, an electronic market; specifying access permissions to the market for at least one of other users or groups of the community of users; distributing administration of the electronic marketplace, wherein each user of the community of users is able to be provided with a capability of administering permissions which control access and usage of the electronic marketplace and electronic content of the electronic marketplace, and the community of users include end users who are able to be both users of the electronic content of the electronic marketplace and providers of the electronic content, wherein administering of the permissions includes administering manage permissions which allow particular users/groups to change all elements of a permissions matrix, including a user/group list, usage permissions, access permissions, usage fees for each user/group listing, and permissions to change a location of selected electronic content by specifying in which markets the selected electronic content will appear; uploading the electronic content to the market; creating a unique content identifier identifying the uploaded content; storing the content identifier on the server; specifying the usage permissions to be associated for the uploaded content; embedding into the electronic content the content identifier of the electronic content and the location of a server where the access and the usage permissions have been stored; encrypting the electronic content; logging on, by a second user or a group, to the network of the community of users; accessing, by the second user or group the electronic market created by the first user; checking to determine access permissions for the second user or group for access to the market; determining access permissions for at least one of the second user and group exists; checking for at least one of the second user and the group for access permissions for all content existing in the electronic market; displaying content representations for all content determined to have access permission for at least one of the second user and group; selecting by the second user or group at least one of the content representations; and checking to determine whether the second user or group has manage permissions for the selected content, and if the second user or group has manage permissions, allowing the second user or group to selectively manage the selected content, including; changing a selected element of the permissions matrix, including the manage permissions; and changing the location of selected electronic content by specifying in which markets the selected content will appear. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for controlling usage of content comprising:
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encrypted electronic content that has embedded at least one usage permissions server identifier and at least one encrypted content identifier; a reader on a computer that reads the at least one usage permissions server identifier and the at least one encrypted content identifier; a communication system that communicates the at least one encrypted content identifier; a usage permissions server that receives the at least one encrypted content identifier from the communication system, and that permits usage of the at least one encrypted content identified by the at least one encrypted content identifier, based on usage permissions associated with the identified content and at least one identified authenticated account associated with the identified permissions server by communicating an electronic key to the computer that communicated to the usage permissions server; a distributed administration system, wherein any user of the community of users is able to be provided with a capability of configuring and administering permissions which control access and usage of an electronic marketplace and the electronic content of the electronic marketplace, including the capability of uploading selected electronic content to the electronic market; and a viewer or player that displays or plays the identified encrypted content after using the communicated electronic key to decrypt the identified encrypted content. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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