Patent ID: 8364571

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory device electronically coupled to the at least one processor, in which the at least one memory device stores instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, direct the at least one processor to: create at least one synthetic asset, wherein the at least one synthetic asset includes an intangible representation of a person; create a plurality of fractional interests in the at least one synthetic asset, wherein the number of the plurality of fractional interests is determined based on the number of requests from users indicating a desire to acquire at least one of the plurality of fractional interests; determine an initial price of the plurality of fractional interests; make the plurality of fractional interests available in a trading module; receive an acquisition request from a user indicating a desire to acquire at least one of the plurality of fractional interests; receive funds from the user; and designate a portion of the received funds as reserved funds of the user.