Assured archival and retrieval system for digital intellectual property
First Claim
1. A method for archiving IP comprising the steps of:
- establishing a digital archive system capable of receiving and storing IP contributed by an IP-Owner, comprising at least;
a network, a server connected to the network, a database system, a content management system, a mirror server, an onsite backup system, an offsite backup system, a disaster recovery system, andone or more redundancy sub-systems each comprising at least a server connected to the network, a database system, a content management system and an onsite backup system;
receiving the IP contributed by the IP-Owner;
assessing specific characteristics of the IP;
determining the cost of archival for the received IP associated with each of a multiple available combinations of archival periods and archival redundancy levels;
presenting via the network to IP-Owner the cost of archival for the received IP associated with each of multiple available combinations of archival periods and archival redundancy levels;
accepting via the network the combination of archival period and level of archival redundancy selected by the IP-Owner;
receiving an initial financial contribution on behalf of the IP-Owner, at least a portion of which forms a discrete archival endowment having a minimum quantum sufficient to maintain the IP in the digital archive system for the selected archival period and level of archival redundancy without the need for further financial contributions;
archiving the IP within the digital archive system and the redundancy sub-system at the selected level of archival redundancy; and
applying the discrete archival endowment to maintain the IP in the digital archive system for the archival period and the level of archival redundancy, consisting at least the steps of;
establishing a specific endowment account for the specific IP;
investing the principal amount of the specific endowment account for the specific IP;
assessing the current and future periodic (monthly, quarterly or yearly) cost of maintaining the specific IP in the archiving system;
disbursing periodically to the operational segment of the archiving system the periodic operating cost for the specific IP, from the investment returns of the endowment account;
recording, updating and maintaining a database of disbursement records for archived IPs;
linking the disbursement record for the specific IP to the specific IP stored in the archive system.
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Abstract
A system and method of use for permanently archiving intellectual properties (IP) in a digital archival system. An owner contributes each IP with an initial financial contribution including a discrete archival endowment which is sufficient to fund archival of the IP for an assured archival period. A plurality of discrete archival endowments can be pooled into one or more archival endowment funds, jointly managed for the maintenance of each archived IP. The endowment funds can be managed by a trustee separate from the management of the digital archive. Retrieval can be funded through retrieval fees or an endowment maintained separate from the archival endowment fund. Digital rights management can remunerate owners and revenue tracking can capitalize the value of each IP. Access to the archive system is preferably through a variety of membership options including owners, users, and partners.
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125 Claims
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1. A method for archiving IP comprising the steps of:
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establishing a digital archive system capable of receiving and storing IP contributed by an IP-Owner, comprising at least; a network, a server connected to the network, a database system, a content management system, a mirror server, an onsite backup system, an offsite backup system, a disaster recovery system, and one or more redundancy sub-systems each comprising at least a server connected to the network, a database system, a content management system and an onsite backup system; receiving the IP contributed by the IP-Owner; assessing specific characteristics of the IP; determining the cost of archival for the received IP associated with each of a multiple available combinations of archival periods and archival redundancy levels; presenting via the network to IP-Owner the cost of archival for the received IP associated with each of multiple available combinations of archival periods and archival redundancy levels; accepting via the network the combination of archival period and level of archival redundancy selected by the IP-Owner; receiving an initial financial contribution on behalf of the IP-Owner, at least a portion of which forms a discrete archival endowment having a minimum quantum sufficient to maintain the IP in the digital archive system for the selected archival period and level of archival redundancy without the need for further financial contributions; archiving the IP within the digital archive system and the redundancy sub-system at the selected level of archival redundancy; and applying the discrete archival endowment to maintain the IP in the digital archive system for the archival period and the level of archival redundancy, consisting at least the steps of; establishing a specific endowment account for the specific IP; investing the principal amount of the specific endowment account for the specific IP; assessing the current and future periodic (monthly, quarterly or yearly) cost of maintaining the specific IP in the archiving system; disbursing periodically to the operational segment of the archiving system the periodic operating cost for the specific IP, from the investment returns of the endowment account; recording, updating and maintaining a database of disbursement records for archived IPs; linking the disbursement record for the specific IP to the specific IP stored in the archive system. - 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, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100)
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101. A system for archiving digital versions of IP comprising:
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a network; at least one archival computer system connected to the network for archiving one or more IP, each IP being associated with an archival period and an archival cost; at least one archival redundancy computer sub-system connected to the network for archiving one or more IP, each IP being associated with an archival period and an archival cost; an application program for receiving IP through the network and at the archival computer, each IP being contributed by or on behalf of a IP-Owner connected to the network, the application program further assessing the archival cost associated with archiving the IP for combinations of the archival period and level of redundancy, and still further for determining a minimum quantum of a discrete archival endowment sufficient to satisfy the archival costs and thus maintain the IP in the digital archive system for the archival period and level of redundancy without the need for further financial contribution; commerce means for receiving an initial financial contribution from or on behalf of the IP-Owner so that upon receiving the initial financial contribution which is at least the minimum quantum of the discrete endowment, the application program archives the IP on the digital archive system and maintains the archived IP in the digital archive system for the archival period; an application program for assigning specific endowment account to specific archived IP; investing the principal amount of the specific endowment account;
assessing the current and future periodic operating cost of archiving the IP;periodically disbursing from the investment returns of the endowment account to the operational segment of the archiving system, the periodic operating cost for the specific IP; recording, updating and maintaining a database of records of such disbursements; and linking such disbursement records to the specific archived IP in the archival system. - View Dependent Claims (102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119)
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120. A method for archiving IP comprising the steps of:
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establishing an archive system capable of receiving and storing IP contributed by an IP-Owner; receiving the IP contributed by the IP-Owner; assessing specific characteristics of the IP; receiving an initial financial contribution on behalf of the IP-Owner, at least a portion of which forms a discrete archival endowment having a minimum quantum sufficient to maintain the IP in the archive system for an archival period and level of redundancy without the need for further financial contributions; archiving the IP with the archive system; aggregating each of the discrete endowments for each of a plurality of IP into a pooled archival endowment fund; managing the pooled archival endowment fund; and applying the pooled archival endowment fund to maintain each of the plurality of IP in the archive system without the need for further financial contributions. - View Dependent Claims (121, 122)
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123. A method for archiving tangible representation of IP comprising the steps of:
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establishing an archive system capable of receiving and storing a tangible representation of IP contributed by an owner; receiving the a tangible representation of IP contributed by the owner; assessing specific characteristics of the a tangible representation of IP; receiving an initial financial contribution on behalf of the owner, at least a portion of which forms a discrete archival endowment having a minimum quantum sufficient to maintain the a tangible representation of IP in the archive system for an archival period without the need for further financial contributions; archiving the tangible representation of IP with the archive system; aggregating each of the discrete endowments for each of a plurality of tangible representation of IP into a pooled archival endowment fund; managing the pooled archival endowment fund; applying the pooled archival endowment fund to maintain each of the plurality of tangible representation of IP in the archive system without the need for further financial contributions; applying the discrete archival endowment to maintain the tangible representation of IP in the archive system for the archival period, consisting at least the steps of; establishing a specific endowment account for the specific tangible representation of IP; investing the principal amount of the specific endowment account for the specific tangible representation of IP; assessing the current and future periodic (monthly, quarterly or yearly) cost of maintaining the specific tangible representation of IP in the archiving system; disbursing periodically to the operational segment of the archiving system the periodic operating cost for the specific tangible representation of IP, from the investment returns of the endowment account; recording, updating and maintaining a database of disbursement records for archived tangible representation of IPs; linking the disbursement record for the specific tangible representation of IP to the specific tangible representation of IP stored in the archive system. - View Dependent Claims (124, 125)
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