Patent ID: 7801830

Claim:
A computer-readable medium comprising a program for use with a computer for tracking innovation disclosures by an organization as part of a system for managing protection and licensing of intellectual property assets, the program comprising: receiving intellectual property asset protection data, wherein the intellectual property asset protection data includes protection data corresponding to a plurality of intellectual property assets owned by the organization, wherein each intellectual property asset is defined and maintained as an asset by the existence of legally-enforceable intellectual property protection rights pertaining to that intellectual property asset, wherein the intellectual property asset protection data further includes data associated with a plurality of innovation disclosures, the plurality of innovation disclosures comprising innovation disclosures associated with at least one innovator of a plurality of innovators for the organization and affiliates of the organization and comprising innovation disclosures associated with at least one non-employee innovator; receiving disclosure gift information associated with each innovation disclosure of the plurality of innovation disclosures associated with the at least one innovator of the plurality of innovators for the organization and the affiliates of the organization, wherein the disclosure gift information includes information regarding disclosure gifts stocked by the organization; responsive to receiving the disclosure gift information associated with each innovation disclosure of the plurality of innovation disclosures associated with the at least one innovator of the plurality of innovators for the organization and the affiliates of the organization, automatically updating an associated balance of the stocked disclosure gifts; tracking the disclosure gifts distributed to the at least one innovator for the organization and the affiliates of the organization; receiving a notification that an intellectual property asset filing has occurred, the intellectual property asset filing based at least in part on an innovation disclosure of the plurality of innovation disclosures associated with the at least one innovator of the plurality of innovators; in response to receiving the notification that the intellectual property asset filing has occurred, processing a filing gift for the at least one innovator of the plurality of innovators; receiving a notification that an issuance associated with the intellectual property asset filing has occurred; in response to receiving the notification of the issuance, processing an issuance gift for the at least one innovator of the plurality of innovators; tracking the filing gift and the issuance gift given to the at least one innovator of the plurality of innovators for the intellectual property asset filing and the issuance; and storing the intellectual property asset protection data in an intellectual property asset protection database including a plurality of intellectual property asset protection data records.