Patent ID: 8095467

Claim:
An internet news compensation system, comprising: a submitter web server to accept and index a multi-media exposition; an independent submitter web terminal to submit and update the multi-media exposition by an independent submitter; a viewer web server to display the multi-media exposition on a provider site to a free agent viewer utilizing a viewer web terminal; and a metering mechanism, comprising: a tracker to track the multi-media exposition upon selection by the free agent viewer for display; a calculator to calculate compensation accruing to the independent submitter based on at least one selected viewer exposure measure accruing to the submitted multi-media exposition; and an updater/communicator to update the compensation and communicate the updated compensation to the submitter web terminal; where the submitter web server, the independent submitter web terminal, the viewer web server, and the metering mechanism are all in continuous real time electronic communication among each other, and where the compensation due the independent submitter is disposed for continuous real time communication to the independent submitter web terminal during the continuous real time electronic communication of the multi-media exposition by the submitter web terminal.