Patent ID: 8812364
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of publishing a work of literature on a network, the method comprising: storing a published portion of the work of literature on a computer, the published portion including only a first part of the work of literature, wherein there are one or more additional installments of the work of literature not yet included in the published portion, the one or more additional installments to be added to the published portion at one or more later times; transmitting, by the computer, the published portion to a device via the network, whereby a user of the device is enabled to read the published portion; receiving, by the computer, a purchase request for a keyword that appears in the published portion; determining, by the computer, a price for the keyword, wherein the price is based on how many times the keyword appears in the published portion; updating, by the computer after confirming payment for the purchase request, the published portion to include an indication that the keyword has been sold to a purchaser for at least one appearance of the keyword in the published portion, the indication comprising a hyperlink on the at least one appearance of the keyword that when clicked will direct a web browser to a destination URL as specified by the purchaser; transmitting, by the computer, the published portion as updated to the device via the network, whereby the user of the device is enabled to read the published portion and now sees the hyperlink on the at least one appearance of the keyword in the published portion; adding, by the computer at a later time after the keyword has been sold, a new installment of additional words to the published portion, the new installment including at least one appearance of the keyword; updating, by the computer, the new installment to include the indication that the keyword has been sold for the at least one appearance of the keyword in the new installment at no additional monetary cost to the purchaser of the keyword; and transmitting, by the computer, the new installment to the device via the network, whereby the user of the device is enabled to read the new installment and sees the hyperlink on the at least one appearance of the keyword in the new installment.