Patent ID: 8073852
Filing Date: 2011-12-06
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer readable medium encoded with a computer program comprising instructions that, when executed, operate to cause one or more computers to: receive an indication of usage of an electronic document by a user; aggregate the indication of usage of the electronic document by the user with received usage indications of the electronic document by other users; create document utilization information for the electronic document based on an aggregation of the indication of usage of the electronic document by the user with the received usage indications of the electronic document by the other users; award usage credit to the user, wherein the usage credit is based on the usage of the electronic document by the user; transmit the document utilization information for the electronic document to a search engine server; after transmitting the document utilization information to the search engine server, receive an indication that statistics credits have been granted by the search engine server; and use the granted statistics credits in exchange for premium search services from the search engine server.