| 摘要 |
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. |
| 主权项 |
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, by an IP marketplace computer-based system, IP documentation for an IP asset, wherein at least a portion of the IP documentation includes standardized data; presenting, by the computer-based system, a set of questions about the IP asset based upon a standard in an industry and a company profile stored by the computer-based system; assigning, by the computer-based system, a default value to a data field not required by the company profile; validating, by the computer-based system, the IP documentation; receiving, by the computer-based system, an IP owner approval of the IP documentation; determining, by the computer-based system and based upon the IP owner approval, that the IP asset should be available at a public IP marketplace; determining, by the computer-based system and based upon the IP documentation, a portion of the IP asset data to be made publicly available; updating, by the computer-based system, a permissions indicator associated with the portion of the IP asset data such that the portion of the IP asset data is available to users of the public IP marketplace; polling, by the computer-based system, participants of the public IP marketplace to determine a reputation of at least one of an owner or an inventor of the IP asset; rating, by the computer-based system, the IP asset based on the reputation; creating, by the computer-based system, a marketing document including the rating; receiving, by the computer-based system, a request to license the IP asset from a buyer; transmitting, by the computer-based system, an invoice to the buyer for a royalty payment; and providing, by the computer-based system, loyalty points to the buyer in response to receiving the royalty payment. |
