Patent ID: 8996400
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method compromising: selling content from an original sales entity (OSE) to a first affiliate sales entity (ASE); permitting the first ASE to transfer the content to a second ASE such that the second ASE receives the content from the first ASE in a transaction; synchronizing the second ASE with a system database to exchange ledger information therebetween; and using the ledger information to credit a first portion of a sales amount to the first ASE and a second portion of the sales amount to the OSE, wherein the OSE is associated with a seller unique identification (SUID) and a token including an encrypted version of the SUID is conveyed with the content, and the first and second ASEs must successfully decrypt the SUID and compare it against a list of authorized SUIDs to verify that the SUID is on the list prior consummating the transaction.