Patent ID: 8700476

Claim:
A system for facilitating an overall transfer of an interest in a patent asset between a first party and a second party by way of an intermediary, the system comprising: a first computer system of the intermediary, the first computer system having a processor coupled to a memory, a user interface and at least one input/output device; wherein the first computer system provides an interface by which the first computer system conducts web-based communications with at least one additional computer system selected from a group consisting of an intellectual property (IP) owner computer system, an IP desirer computer system, an IP exchange computer system and a service firm computer system, so that the first computer system: (a) receives identification information from at least one of the first and second parties; (b) obtains first information concerning the patent asset from communication with the at least one additional computer system, wherein the first information includes descriptive information of a technical subject matter of the patent asset and market information regarding a market to which the patent asset pertains; (c) verifies at least one aspect of property rights of the first party in the patent asset; and (d) at least partly assists, based on the technical subject matter and the market information included in the first information, in negotiating conditions for at least one of a first transfer of at least some of the first party's property rights to the intermediary, wherein the at least some of the first party's property rights become property rights of the intermediary, and a second transfer of at least some of the intermediary's property rights to the second party, whereby the first computer system at least partly assists in achieving the overall transfer including the first and second transfer.