Patent ID: 8260675

Claim:
An internet-based method of executing a transaction involving a transfer of an interest in a patent asset between a first party and a second party at least in part by way of an intermediary interacting with an exchange, the method comprising: (a) concluding a first agreement between the intermediary and the first party by which first rights in the patent asset are transferred to the intermediary, the first agreement being concluded in part due to interaction between the first party and a first computer system of the intermediary, the first computer system including a web server; (b) providing onto the internet, from the first computer system of the intermediary, first information for receipt by a second computer system of the exchange, wherein the first information serves to identify the first computer system to the second computer system so that the first computer system is able to access the second computer system; (c) sending second information regarding the patent asset from the first computer system for receipt by the second computer system; (d) receiving at the first computer system, from the second computer system via the internet, a bid pertaining to the patent asset, the bid originating at the second party; and (e) concluding a second agreement between the intermediary and the second party by which the interest in the patent asset is transferred from the intermediary to the second party, the interest including at least some of the first rights; wherein the second information includes at least one of a title, a number identifying the patent asset, a filing date, an issue date, expiration information, descriptive information concerning a technical subject matter of the patent asset, product information regarding a product that is within a scope of the patent asset, and market information regarding a market to which the patent asset pertains; and wherein at least one of the following is true: (1) whether a particular portion of information should be sent as part of the second information is determined by the first computer system by way of an expert systems-type capability; and (2) the first information includes username and password information.