Patent ID: 7698184

Claim:
A method comprising: selecting, using a processor in response to a request from an entertainment company, a plurality of entertainment events, in which the plurality of entertainment events are produced by the entertainment company within a time frame; generating, using the processor, a securities bundle that comprises a plurality of securities, in which each security of the securities bundle is indexed to one of the plurality of entertainment events; receiving, from a purchaser at a remote device, a request to purchase the securities bundle in exchange for a right to a percentage of a revenue that is generated by the indexed entertainment event at a future date, in which the remote device and the processor are in communication over a network; and generating, using the processor, a futures contract that comprises an agreement to transfer, at a settlement date, the purchaser's right to the percentage of the revenue that is generated by the indexed entertainment event; determining, via the processor, a purchase price for the future contract; trading, using the processor, the futures contract in an after-market, in which a price of the futures contract is determined by a plurality of bids received.