Patent ID: 7051212
Filing Date: 2006-05-23
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G06T,G07F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method by which two entities, a first entity seeking rights to information and a second entity owning rights to the information, electronically bargain toward an agreement concerning the information, the method comprising: generating a first control set representing initial terms offered by the first entity in exchange for obtaining rights to the information, the first control set specifying, at least in part, desired privacy requirements; generating a second control set representing initial terms that the second entity is willing to accept in exchange for granting rights to the information, wherein the second entity rejects at least one of the initial terms of the first control set and proposes at least one alternative term to the first entity; generating a third control set of agreed upon terms; and granting rights to the information to the first entity in accordance with the terms of the third control set.