Patent ID: 7797373

Claim:
A computer implemented system promoting inventions over the Internet communications network, the system comprising: a host computer station constituting an Internet domain site connected to said communications network and having a database with stored descriptions of respective inventions and their distinctive features; a publicly accessible interface in communication with the host computer station and in communication with plural consumer computer stations via the communications network; a first computer program module at said host computer station selecting at least one of said inventions by reference to the stored invention descriptions and distinctive features for viewing at said plural consumer computer stations and thereafter receiving feedback data relating to a consumer desirability of the selected inventions, wherein said first computer program module includes a survey module eliciting said feedback data from multiple users of the consumer computer stations by posing one or more questions to said users regarding said consumer desirability of products incorporating the selected inventions and consolidating their responses; a second computer program module receiving said consolidated responses at said host computer station to provide an information summary of the consumer desirability for the respective selected inventions; a restricted access interface in communication with the host computer station and in communication with plural industry computer stations via the communications network, wherein users of said industry computer stations are specifically identified by said host computer station as authorized to access said information summary; and a computer program module transferring said information summary to said authorized industry computer stations but not to said consumer computer stations.