Patent ID: 9628551
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: G06Q,H04L

Claim:
1. A method for enabling digital asset reuse, the method comprising: a processor of a computer system detecting that a first user has used a digital asset, the processor, in response to the detecting, automatically creating and adding a first instance of the digital asset to a first collection of digital assets for a purpose of allowing other users to identify and use the digital asset, wherein the first collection is a personal collection of the first user and is accessible by other users without requiring an action of the processor; the processor further detecting that a second user has identified the first instance of the digital asset, that the second user has requested from the first user access to the first instance of the digital asset in response to the identifying, and that the second user has, upon receiving permission from the first user, subsequently used the first instance, wherein the second user is associated with a second user-eminence value that represents a relative importance of the second user, and; the processor responding to the further detecting by further automatically creating and adding a second instance of the digital asset to a second collection of digital assets for a purpose of allowing other users to identify and use the digital asset, wherein the second collection is a personal collection of the second user and is accessible by other users without requiring an action of the processor; the processor revising, as a function of the further detecting, the asset-eminence value and the first user-eminence value, but not the second user-eminence value; the processor receiving notice that a third user has further identified the second instance of the digital asset, that the third user has requested from the second user access to the second instance of the digital asset in response to the further identifying, and that the third user has, upon receiving permission from the second user, subsequently used the second instance, wherein the third user is associated with a third user-eminence value that represents a relative importance of the third user, and; the processor automatically creating and adding a third instance of the digital asset to a third collection of digital assets for a purpose of allowing other users to identify and use the digital asset, wherein the third collection is a personal collection of the third user and is accessible by other users without requiring an action of the processor; and the processor further revising, as a function of the receiving notice, the asset-eminence value, the first user-eminence value, and the second user-eminence value, but not the third user-eminence value.