SOFTWARE MARKETING AND TRADE

摘要

The disclosure extends to systems and methods for trading software over a computer network while compensating a selling trader and software publisher for the trades. The disclosure also extends to use of systems and methods that comprise a computer network of users and publishers of software who want to benefit from the trade and sales of new and used software products.

主权项

1. A method for software trading over a computer network comprising:
identifying a selling trader and a buying trader that are connected over the computer network; receiving real money from the buying trader; compensating the selling trader with value tokens in exchange for access to the software previously owned; providing access for a download of the software from a publisher of the software to the trader in exchange for value tokens; providing a key corresponding to the download for accessing the software; and wherein the software publisher is compensated a portion of the software's total value in real money each time the software is traded between traders over the computer network.