Method and service for providing access to premium content and dispersing payment therefore

• US 8,521,650 B2
• Filed: 02/26/2007
• Issued: 08/27/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Daisy Labs, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Zepfrog Corp.
• Inventors: Rodov, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): CHEUNG, CALVIN K
• Application Number:
  US11/710,811
• Publication Number:
  US 20080209462A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,374 Days
• Field of Search: 705/51, 705/53, 705/57, 705/59
• US Class Current: 705/53
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/145 Payments according to the detected use or quantity
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/29 characterised by micropayments
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2547 Third Party Billing, e.g. billing of advertiser
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47202 for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4781 Games
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8113 comprising music, e.g. song in MP3 format
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/173 with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal

Abstract

A method and system for providing premium content and dispersing payment therefore. The method includes entering into an agreement with at least one partner that provides premium content and entering into an agreement with at least one customer that grants the customer access to premium content provided by at least one partner. The method further includes collecting defined parameter data of at least one customer accessing the premium content and dispersing payment to at least one partner where the payment is determined from the defined parameter data. The defined parameter data can be approximate time spent.

Claims

1. A method for providing premium content and dispersing payment therefore, the method comprising the steps of:

entering into a first agreement with at least one partner that provides premium content;

entering into a second agreement with at least one customer that grants the customer access to the premium content provided by the at least one partner;

collecting on a server defined parameter data based upon ongoing and instantaneous interactions by the at least one customer within the premium content in any given time period from a device connected to the Internet, wherein the ongoing and instantaneous interactions are in different time periods within the any given time period; and

dispersing a payment to the at least one partner where the payment is determined from the server defined parameter data, wherein the payment is a variable payment of the at least one customer'"'"'s ongoing and instantaneous interaction within the premium content during the any given time period.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the premium content is provided through the internet.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first agreement with at least one partner provides that the payment being dispersed is determined from previously collected defined parameter data.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the defined parameter data comprises approximate time spent.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the at least one customer includes more than one customer and the dispersed payment is determined from the approximate time spent by each of the customers.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the at least one customer includes more than one customer and the dispersed payment is determined from the approximate time spent by all customers.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the step of collecting approximate time spent data includes using web beacons.

8. The method of claim 4, wherein the step of collecting approximate time spent data includes using automatic counting software.

9. The method of claim 4, wherein the step of collecting approximate time spent data includes using statistical sampling.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the defined parameter data comprises unique visits to a graphical user interface.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the defined parameter data comprises survey data.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the defined parameter data comprises variables determined from a customer rating mechanism.