Method and apparatus for generating and marketing supplemental information
First Claim
1. A method of compensating an interview participant comprising:
- offering a transcript of an interview for sale; and
compensating a participant in the interview an amount related to sales of the interview transcript.
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Abstract
The invention includes a process for providing incentives to sources to participate in interviews. Transcripts of interviews conducted according to a protocol are created that are saleable via, for example, the Internet. The protocol includes inserting tags into the recording to identify characteristics of the content of the recording. Further, the invention provides a method for redacting the recording using the inserted tags to generate a saleable version of the recording. The tags are used to exclude certain inappropriate content and to generate meta-data regarding the recording for marketing the recording. In some embodiments, interview participants may be compensated based upon sales of the recordings. Some embodiments of the invention include a recording device, a controller, and a user device. The recording device may be used to record an interview session between an interviewer and an interviewee. The recording device may communicate with the controller to convey the raw transcript of the interview session. The controller may include redacting software for modifying the interview transcript, and a voice recognition module for assisting in the redaction process. The voice recognition module may also assist in the creation of meta-tags describing the modified recording of the interview. The controller may further comprise a server for hosting Web pages. A user device in communication with the controller via the Internet may allow a user to peruse Web pages displaying the meta-tags and links that allow purchase of copies of associated interesting portions of the redacted interview transcripts as hosted by the controller.
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70 Claims
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1. A method of compensating an interview participant comprising:
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offering a transcript of an interview for sale; and
compensating a participant in the interview an amount related to sales of the interview transcript. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of compensating an interview participant comprising:
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offering a recording of an interview for sale; and
compensating a participant in the interview an amount related to sales of the interview recording. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of compensating an interview participant comprising:
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offering a transcript of an interview for sale; and
compensating a participant in the interview based upon sales of the interview transcript. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of selectively distributing modified interview transcripts comprising:
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modifying a first interview transcript to create a second interview transcript;
modifying the first interview transcript to create a third interview transcript;
providing the second interview transcript to a first subset of buyers meeting a first set of criteria; and
providing the third interview transcript to a second subset of buyers meeting a second set of criteria. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method of compensating a publisher comprising:
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offering a publisher of a publication an agreement providing a guarantee of a monetary amount in exchange for publishing an advertisement for content supplementary to an article in the publication; and
providing to the publisher a difference between the fixed monetary amount and a revenue amount derived from sales of the content supplementary to the article. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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33. A method of compensating a publisher comprising:
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offering a publisher of a publication an agreement providing a guarantee of a monetary amount in exchange for publishing an advertisement for content supplementary to an article in the publication; and
providing to the publisher a percentage of revenue derived from sales of the content supplementary to the article that exceeds the monetary amount.
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34. A method of marketing supplementary content comprising:
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publishing a document; and
publishing a promotion for supplementary content proximate to the document, wherein the supplementary content includes a redacted interview transcript. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. A method of selling supplementary content comprising:
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conducting an interview;
publishing a document related to the interview;
marketing the interview for sale in a promotion printed in proximity to the document;
processing a transcript of the interview to create a processed transcript; and
making the processed transcript available for sale. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64)
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65. A method of creating supplementary content comprising:
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recording an interview between a journalist and a source; and
processing the recording of the interview to create an interview transcript. - View Dependent Claims (66, 67, 68, 69, 70)
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