Patent ID: 8533085
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for creating a publicly traded security in an intellectual property aggregator that operates an intellectual property exchange, the computer-implemented method comprising: storing in a first database a first data set describing a plurality of intellectual property rights transferred from a plurality of intellectual property rights holders to the intellectual property aggregator; inputting into a first valuation module information from the first data set; calculating an aggregated intellectual property value for the plurality of transferred intellectual property rights using the first valuation module to account for the information; estimating an exchange intellectual property value for each of the plurality of intellectual property rights, the exchange intellectual property value being estimated by apportioning the aggregated intellectual property value among each of the plurality of intellectual property rights; storing in a database, selected from the group consisting of the first database and a second database a second data set describing a portion of the plurality of intellectual property rights transferred to one or more acquirers of intellectual property rights; storing in a database selected from the group consisting of the first database, the second database and a third database a third data set describing a receipt from each acquirer of intellectual property rights a payment, the payment equal to the exchange intellectual property value for each of the intellectual property rights transferred out to each acquirer; inputting into a selected valuation module selected from the group consisting of the first valuation module and a second valuation module information from the second data set and information from the third data set; calculating an updated aggregated intellectual property value using the selected valuation module to account for each payment received; and issuing a plurality of securities using a web-based system, each security being purchasable for a price, the price being representative of the updated aggregated intellectual property value.