Patent ID: 7668770

Claim:
A method in an electronic data processing system for securitizing an intellectual property portfolio comprising: associating a first account with a first owner; recording initial ownership of the intellectual property portfolio in the first account; creating a plurality of investor accounts; associating each investor account with at least one investor in the intellectual property portfolio; transferring an initial amount from investor account to a general trust account; calculating in electronic data processing system an assessed value for said intellectual property using at least one algorithm; determining a payment from the assessed value; transferring the payment from a general trust account to the first account; transferring title of the intellectual property portfolio from the first owner to a second owner in exchange for the payment; granting a license to the first owner to the intellectual property portfolio in exchange for at least one license payment from the first owner, the license having associated a plurality of license payments; transferring each license payment from the first account to general trust account at predetermined intervals; granting a limited license to a subsequent party other than the first owner; obtaining at least one subsequent license payment from the subsequent party for the limited license to use the intellectual property portfolio; transferring the subsequent license payment to the general trust account at predetermined intervals; calculating in electronic data processing system a plurality of securitizing payments, each securitizing payment being proportional to each initial amount; and transferring at least one securitizing payment from the general trust account to each investor account.