System and method for enabling channel registration in an IP marketplace

• US 8,775,246 B2
• Filed: 07/29/2011
• Issued: 07/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. (American Express Company)
• Original Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. (American Express Company)
• Inventors: Thomas, Tracey R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Shin, Kyung H
• Application Number:
  US13/194,672
• Publication Number:
  US 20110282796A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,075 Days
• Field of Search: 705/1, 705/1.1, 705/2, 705/326, 707/104.1, 707/E17.009, 707/E17.116, 707/999.107, 707/999.104
• US Class Current: 705/14.4
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0278 Product appraisal
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0613 Third-party assisted
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0627 using item specifications
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0643 Graphical representation of items or shoppers
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/06 Asset management; Financial planning or analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/18 Legal services
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/184 Intellectual property management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/205 Education administration or guidance

Abstract

A comprehensive platform for merchandising intellectual property (IP) and conducting IP transactions is disclosed. A standardized data collection method enables IP assets to be characterized, rated and valuated in a consistent manner. Project management, workflow and data security functionality enable consistent, efficient and secure interactions between the IP Marketplace participants throughout the IP transaction process. Business rules, workflows, valuation models and rating methods may be user defined or based upon marketplace, industry or technology standards.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

an intellectual property (IP) marketplace processor,

a tangible, non-transitory memory configured to communicate with the processor,

the tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising;

receiving, by the processor, a first channel registration request from a service provider;

notifying, by the processor and in response to the validating, a first approver of the channel registration request;

receiving, by the processor and from the first approver, an approval of the channel registration request;

saving, by the processor and to the memory, a first channel comprising the first channel parameters;

negotiating, by the processor, a commission with the service provider for prioritizing the channel;

displaying, by the processor, a plurality of channels in a channel guide interface, wherein the plurality of channels comprises the first channel; and

tracking, by the processor, a first channel statistic associated with the first channel; and

generating, by the processor and based on the first channel statistic, an invoice comprising the commission.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the registration request is received via at least one of a channel registration interface and an email.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

presenting, by the processor, a first question in a template, wherein the template includes fields which request standardized data for characterizing the channel; and

receiving, by the processor, a first response to the first question, wherein the first response is part of the standardized data.

4. The system of claim 3, further comprising:

determining, by the processor, a second question based at least partially upon the first response to the first question;

presenting, by the processor, the second question in the template; and

receiving, by the processor, a second response to the second question, wherein the second response is part of the standardized data.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising validating, by the processor, the channel registration request.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the channel comprises a plurality of tools comprising at least one of an IP asset distribution channel, a product distribution channel, an IP asset marketing channel and an IP analysis tool.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the first approver is at least one of a computer, a software program and a human user.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the first channel registration request comprises first channel parameters.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the first channel parameters comprise at least one of a category, a favorite list, a link, a uniform resource locator (URL), a customized web page, a social networking web site, a priority order, a channel sponsor, a color, a logo, a graphic, a description, and an extensible markup language (XML) file.

10. The system of claim 1, further comprising saving, by the processor, the first channel parameters.

11. The system of claim 1, further comprising configuring, by the processor, the channel guide interface based upon the first channel parameters.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the first channel comprises at least one of an IP asset distribution channel, a product distribution channel, an IP asset marketing channel and an IP analysis tool.

13. The system of claim 1, further comprising associating, by the processor, a plurality of IP assets with the first channel.

14. The system of claim 1, further comprising retrieving, by the processor and from an IP asset database, IP asset data associated with the plurality of IP assets, and analyzing, by the processor, the IP asset data to determine a relationship between the IP assets and the first channel.

15. The system of claim 1, further comprising receiving, by the processor and via the channel guide interface, input from the user indicating a selection of the first channel.

16. The system of claim 1, further comprising initiating, by the processor, the first channel based upon the first channel parameters.

17. The system of claim 16, further comprising obtaining, by the processor, channel input data based upon the first channel parameters from at least one of a user database and an IP asset database.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the initiating the first channel comprises sending the channel input data.

19. A computer-based method comprising:

receiving, by an intellectual property (IP) marketplace computer-based system, a first channel registration request from a service provider;

notifying, by the computer-based system and in response to the validating, a first approver of the channel registration request;

receiving, by the computer-based system and from the first approver, an approval of the channel registration request;

saving, by the computer-based system, a first channel comprising the first channel parameters;

negotiating, by the computer-based system, a commission with the service provider for prioritizing the channel;

displaying, by the computer-based system, a plurality of channels in a channel guide interface, wherein the plurality of channels comprises the first channel; and

tracking, by the computer-based system, a first channel statistic associated with the first channel; and

generating, by the computer-based system and based on the first channel statistic, an invoice comprising the commission.

20. An article of manufacture including a tangible, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by an IP marketplace computer-based system, causes the computer-based system to perform operations comprising:

receiving, by the computer-based system, a first channel registration request from a service provider;

notifying, by the computer-based system and in response to the validating, a first approver of the channel registration request;

receiving, by the computer-based system and from the first approver, an approval of the channel registration, request;

saving, by the computer-based system, a first channel comprising the first channel parameters;

negotiating, by the computer-based system, a commission with the service provider for prioritizing the channel;

displaying, by the computer-based system, a plurality of channels in a channel guide interface, wherein the plurality of channels comprises the first channel; and

tracking, by the computer-based system, a first channel statistic associated with the first channel; and

generating, by the computer-based system and based on the first channel statistic, an invoice comprising the commission.