Patent ID: 8306866

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, by an intellectual property (IP) transaction computer and from a buyer, an inquiry comprising requested IP asset attributes; searching, by the computer, an IP asset database based upon the inquiry, wherein the IP asset database includes IP for sale; determining, by the computer, a match of an IP asset and the requested IP asset attributes; identifying, by the computer, the IP asset to the buyer; receiving, by the computer, a purchase request from the buyer; analyzing, by the computer and in response to the receiving the purchase request, an IP transaction workflow and at least one of an IP asset profile of the IP asset, an IP owner profile of an IP owner of the IP asset, and a buyer profile of the buyer; creating, by the computer and based upon the analyzing, an IP buyer data permissions profile associated with the buyer and the IP asset, wherein the IP buyer data permissions profile is associated with multiple levels of data security; granting, by the computer and based upon the permissions profile, the buyer access to IP asset data associated with the IP asset; and facilitating, by the computer, a transaction based upon the IP asset.