Method and apparatus for an idea adoption marketplace
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1. A method of operating an electronic marketplace for the development of inventions, comprising:
- soliciting, for use by participants in said marketplace, an invention submission relating to an invention; and
soliciting, from said participants, response submissions concerning said invention, wherein said response submissions include;
one or more responses relating to contributions to development of the invention; and
one or more responses relating to exchange of intellectual property rights regarding the invention.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for idea adoption marketplaces. These systems and methods may employ, for instance, the reach of the Internet, the frictionless commerce of electronic marketplaces, and/or the power of collaborative systems for learning and social decision support to facilitate, for example, the publication, development and/or adoption of useful inventions, whether patentable or not. These systems and methods may support the creation of rich, flexible, accessible, and/or effective marketplace processes for purposes such as creation and protection of intellectual property and/or for its development for the public good.
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1. A method of operating an electronic marketplace for the development of inventions, comprising:
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soliciting, for use by participants in said marketplace, an invention submission relating to an invention; and
soliciting, from said participants, response submissions concerning said invention, wherein said response submissions include;
one or more responses relating to contributions to development of the invention; and
one or more responses relating to exchange of intellectual property rights regarding the invention. - 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, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118)
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119. A method of operating an electronic marketplace for the development of inventions, comprising:
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making available, for use by participants in said marketplace, information relating to an invention;
soliciting responses regarding the invention from said participants; and
facilitating delivery of value to an inventor of said invention. - View Dependent Claims (120)
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121. A method of operating a marketplace for the development of inventions, comprising:
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making available, for use by participants in said marketplace, information relating to an invention;
recording a date of first publication relating to said invention;
soliciting responses regarding the invention from said participants; and
directing the attention of said participants to an applicable deadline for filing a patent application.
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122. A method of operating a marketplace for the development of inventions, comprising:
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collecting information regarding an invention submitted to said marketplace by one or more original inventors;
identifying entities practicing the invention;
receiving, from the practicing entities, a value corresponding to the submitted invention; and
partitioning, among the one or more original inventors, the received value. - View Dependent Claims (123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133)
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134. A method of operating a collaborative support system, comprising:
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making available a plurality of alternatives for a collaborative support process of said system; and
applying one or more support processes active within said system to select for use one or more of said alternatives. - View Dependent Claims (135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140)
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141. A method for operating an electronic marketplace for the development of inventions, comprising:
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obtaining input from participants in said marketplace, said input relating to the development of an invention associated with said marketplace; and
facilitating the development of said invention, wherein collaborative support system techniques are employed in the facilitating. - View Dependent Claims (142, 143, 144, 145, 146)
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147. A method of operating an electronic idea development community, comprising:
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providing a shared medium for interactions between members of said idea development community;
receiving, from one or more of said members, rating data corresponding to one or more of the interactions; and
offering filtered viewing of said interactions, the filtering taking into account the received rating data. - View Dependent Claims (148, 149)
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150. A method of operating a marketplace for the development of inventions, comprising:
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publishing items relating to invention disclosures by inventors to an open set of marketplace participants;
providing, to participants in said marketplace, information regarding an invention;
soliciting, from said participants, responses regarding said invention; and
presenting a value offering to one or more individuals having stake in said invention. - View Dependent Claims (151, 152)
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153. A method for operating a marketplace community for the development of inventions, comprising:
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receiving an invention submitted to said marketplace by one or more original inventors;
receiving one or more improvements to said invention, said one or more improvements submitted to said marketplace by one or more contributors; and
allocating, among said one or more original inventors and said one or more contributors, stake in said invention, the allocation involving collaboration support system processes operating in said marketplace.
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154. A system for operating an electronic marketplace for the development of inventions, comprising:
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a memory having program code stored therein; and
a processor disposed in communication with said memory for carrying out instructions in accordance with said stored program code;
wherein said program code, when executed by said processor, causes said processor to perform the steps of;
soliciting, for use by participants in said marketplace, an invention submission relating to an invention; and
soliciting, from said participants, response submissions concerning said invention, wherein said response submissions include;
one or more responses relating to contributions to development of the invention; and
one or more responses relating to exchange of intellectual property rights regarding the invention.
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