Patent ID: 8694419
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of utilizing an intellectual property grouping owned by a patent entity to generate income, the method comprising: implementing acquisition of rights in a first intellectual property asset from a seller on behalf of a patent investment entity, wherein the implementing is managed by a computer system comprising one or more computer processors; providing compensation to the seller in exchange for the first intellectual property asset; determining a division of rights in the first intellectual property asset into a first portion and a second portion, the first portion comprising less than all of the rights in the first intellectual property asset that are being utilized by the seller, the second portion comprising the remaining rights reflecting residual rights in the first intellectual property asset that are not being utilized by the seller; managing, by the computer system, a granting back, on behalf of the patent investment entity, of the first portion to the seller of the intellectual property asset in exchange for a stream of payments; and managing, by the computer system, utilization of the second portion by licensing the second portion to a licensing entity to generate income for the patent investment entity, wherein the licensing entity is different than the patent investment entity and the seller.