Patent ID: RE44684

Claim:
A method for providing access to a video content item over a network, comprising: receiving, by a computing device, a plurality of videos content items from a plurality of content producers, the plurality of videos content items including a first video content item , wherein the first video content item is provided by a first content producer of the plurality of content producers; providing, by the computing device, access to the plurality of videos content items to a plurality of consumers; receiving, by the computing device, user rating data quantifying a user preference of the first video content item from the plurality of consumers who have viewed the first video content item ; calculating, by the computing device, a price for viewing the first video content item based on a number of times the first video content item has been viewed by the plurality of consumers and the user rating data; receiving, by the computing device, a request to view the first video content item from a first consumer; charging, by the computing device, an account associated with the first consumer the price; requesting the first consumer to provide user rating data quantifying a review of the first video content item by the first consumer; receiving the user rating data from the first consumer; receiving a plurality of rating review values quantifying a review of the user rating data provided by the first consumer; determining an average rating review value based on the plurality of rating review values; crediting the account associated with the first consumer in response to determining that the average rating review value is greater than a predetermined value; and determining, by the computing device, a portion of the price to share with the first content producer based on the number of times the first video content item has been viewed.