Patent ID: 8650558

Claim:
A method comprising: presenting first information, via a user interface of at least one computing device, to at least one of an independent software vendor (ISV) of a plurality of independent software vendors (ISVs) or an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of a plurality of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), regarding at least one of a plurality of ISV software applications or services offered by the plurality of ISVs, a plurality of OEM devices, or a plurality of market analytics regarding the plurality of ISV software applications or services or the plurality of OEM devices; creating contract information in response to forming a contract between the ISV of the plurality of ISVs and the OEM of the plurality of OEMs for at least one of placement or conversion of a software application or a service of the plurality of ISV software applications or services on at least one device of the OEM of the plurality of OEMs, wherein the creating of the contract information is based on the presenting of the first information to the at least one of the ISV of the plurality of ISVs or the OEM of the plurality of OEMs; and based on the created contract information, tracking second information related to at least one of the at least one of the placement or the conversion of the software application or the service, at least one of the software application or the service of the plurality of ISV software applications or services, or the at least one device of the OEM of the plurality of OEMs.