Patent ID: 8738538

Claim:
A system, comprising: a processor; and a computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations, for selling intangible property rights, comprising: receiving news-related content selected from a group consisting of a photograph, a video clip, an audio clip, a story, and an interview obtained from an individual that is (A) involved in gathering news and (B) desirous to sell intangible property rights (i) being associated with the content, (ii) being owned by the individual, (iii) being offered for sale by the individual, and (iv) comprising non-exclusive rights that would grant a potential purchaser a limited right to use the received content, the limited right being a limited number of copies; identifying, based on each of multiple factors comprising (a) a subject of the content received, (b) an audience for the content received, and (c) the intangible property rights, the potential purchaser for the intangible property rights, wherein the audience for the content received is selected from a group consisting of a national audience and an international audience; transmitting, to the potential purchaser, an offer to purchase the intangible property rights; and receiving, from the potential purchaser, an acceptance of the offer.