Patent ID: 8332740

Claim:
A network-based intellectual property asset management system for storing, managing, disseminating and sharing intellectual property asset information among users over a communications network, comprising: a server connected to the communications network and comprising a processor; a client processor based device to access the server over the communications network to enter, view, and edit an intellectual property information associated with a user; a centralized database connected to the communications network to store the intellectual property information of a plurality of users; wherein the server receives the intellectual property information from the user via the client processor based device, the processor of the server processes each intellectual property information through a hash function to provide a message digest, and the server stores the intellectual property information and the message digest in the centralized database, thereby providing a digital fingerprint and an attestation trail for each intellectual property information stored in the centralized database; wherein the processor of the server aggregates all of the message digests to provide a system level message digest and stores the system level message digest in the centralized database, thereby providing an attestation trail for the centralized database; wherein the server transmits the system level message digest to a third party for storage or publication to prevent tampering and to maintain integrity of the centralized database; and wherein the server issues a license to the user to combine the intellectual property information of another user with the intellectual property information of the user to generate a new intellectual property asset under terms established by the another user.