Patent ID: 8290848

Claim:
A system for valuing spectrum as a commodity, comprising: an interface over which financial data for publically traded companies is received; and a processor configured to determine a spectrum index value as a function of the financial data for a plurality of selected publically traded companies and spectrum-related data for the selected companies; wherein determining the spectrum index value includes: for each company, determine a spectrum value that is representative of a contribution of the company on giving rise to value to spectrum; weight the spectrum values for each company; and combine the weighted spectrum values and convert the combined weighted spectrum values to the spectrum index value; and wherein the spectrum value for each company is weighted by a two weighting factors that include an objective weighting factor and a subjective weighting factor; and wherein determining the spectrum value for each company includes: determine an interim spectrum value for the company, the interim spectrum value being an enterprise value for the company minus a net asset value for the company; and divide the interim spectrum value for the company by a spectrum-related data value for the company, the spectrum-related data value being a function of an amount of spectrum that the company has a right to use or influence by corporate actions and a function of a population of people that are present in a geographic area for the amount of spectrum.