System and Apparatus for Facilitating Transactions Between Two or More Parties
The present invention provides a system and apparatus for facilitating transactions involving one or more intellectual properties. A web site is provided using one or more server computers that have a posting for each of the one or more intellectual properties. The intellectual properties include copyrighted material, such as books, music, videos, television shows, movies, software, applications, games or a combination thereof. A selection of one of the intellectual properties is received from one or more client communications devices. Public information and one or more terms for a further disclosure of the selected intellectual property are sent to the one or more client communications devices. A request for an additional level of detail about the selected intellectual property is received from the one or more client communications devices. The additional level of detail about the selected intellectual property is provided to the one or more client communications devices.
1 . An apparatus for facilitating transactions involving one or more intellectual properties comprising:
a network interface;
one or more data storage devices;
one or more processors communicably coupled to the network interface and the data storage devices; and
a non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with a computer program communicably coupled to the one or more processors to provide a web site having a posting for each of the one or more intellectual properties, wherein the one or more intellectual properties comprise copyrighted material, receive a selection of one of the one or more intellectual properties from one or more client communication devices via the network interface, send a public information and one or more terms for a further disclosure of the selected intellectual property to the one or more client communication devices via the network interface, receive a request for an additional level of detail about the selected intellectual property from the one or more client communications devices via the network interface, and provide the additional level of detail about the selected intellectual property to the one or more client communications devices via the network interface.
2 . The apparatus as recited in claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors further:
receive an acceptance of the one or more terms for the further disclosure of the selected intellectual property from the one or more client communications devices via the network interface; and
sending the selected intellectual property to the one or more client communications devices via the network interface.
3 . The apparatus as recited in claim 1 , wherein the copyrighted materials comprise books, music, videos, television shows, movies, software, applications, games or a combination thereof.
4 . The apparatus as recited in claim 1 , wherein the public information comprises a description of the selected intellectual property and a photo of the selected intellectual property.
5 . The apparatus as recited in claim 1 , wherein the one or more terms for the further disclosure of the selected intellectual property comprise a payment of a fee, a license agreement, a purchase agreement, or a combination thereof.
6 . The apparatus as recited in claim 1 , wherein the further disclosure of the selected intellectual property comprises the selected intellectual property, or a portion of the selected intellectual property.
7 . The apparatus as recited in claim 1 , wherein the additional level of detail about the selected intellectual property comprises a graphical content, an audio content, a video content, or a combination thereof.
8 . The apparatus as recited in claim 1 , wherein the additional level of detail about the selected intellectual property comprises a portion of the selected intellectual property selected by an owner of the selected intellectual property.
9 . The apparatus as recited in claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors further receive an account information or a login information for a user from the one or more client communications devices via the network interface.
10 . The apparatus as recited in claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors further:
receive an identity validation information of a user from the one or more client communications devices via the network interface; and
determining whether the identity validation information of the user is accurate.
11 . The apparatus as recited in claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors further:
receive one or more search terms from the one or more client communications devices via the network interface; and
send the public information for one or more intellectual properties that are responsive the one or more search terms to the one or more client communications device via the network interface.
12 . The apparatus as recited in claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors further send one or more categories of one or more intellectual properties to the one or more client communications devices via the network interface that enable a potential buying party to browse the one or more categories of the one or more intellectual properties.
13 . The apparatus as recited in claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors further receive the public information, the one or more terms for the further disclosure, and at least one of the one or more intellectual properties from an owner of the at least one of the one or more intellectual properties.
14 . The apparatus as recited in claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors further register an owner of at least one of the one or more intellectual properties.
15 . The apparatus as recited in claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors further register a user.
16 . The apparatus as recited in claim 15 , wherein the one or more processors register the user by receiving an identity validation information for the user.
17 . The apparatus as recited in claim 16 , wherein the one or more processors further determine whether the identity validation information for the user is accurate.
18 . An apparatus for facilitating transactions involving one or more intellectual properties comprising:
a network interface;
one or more data storage devices;
one or more processors communicably coupled to the network interface and the data storage devices; and
a non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with a computer program communicably coupled to the one or more processors to provide a web site having a posting for each of the one or more intellectual properties, wherein the one or more intellectual properties comprise copyrighted material selected from the group consisting essentially of books, music, videos, television shows, movies, software, applications and games, receive a selection of one of the one or more intellectual properties from one or more client communications devices via the network interface, send a public information and one or more terms for a further disclosure of the selected intellectual property to the one or more client communications devices via the network interface, receive a request for an additional level of detail about the selected intellectual property from the one or more client communications devices via the network interface, wherein the additional level of detail about the selected intellectual property comprises a portion of the selected intellectual property, and provide the additional level of detail about the selected intellectual property to the one or more client communications devices via the network interface.
19 . A system for facilitating transactions involving one or more intellectual properties comprising:
a network;
one or more client communications devices communicably coupled to the network;
one or more server computers communicably coupled to the network, the one or more server computers comprising:
one or more data storage devices,
one or more processors communicably coupled to the data storage devices, and
a non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with a computer program communicably coupled to the one or more processors to provide a web site having a posting for each of the one or more intellectual properties, wherein the one or more intellectual properties comprise copyrighted material, receive a selection of one of the one or more intellectual properties from the one or more client communications devices via the network, send a public information and one or more terms for a further disclosure of the selected intellectual property to the one or more client communications devices via the network, receive a request for an additional level of detail about the selected intellectual property from the one or more client communications devices via the network, and provide the additional level of detail about the selected intellectual property to the one or more client communications devices via the network.
20 . The system as recited in claim 19 , wherein the one or more processors further:
receive an acceptance of the one or more terms for the further disclosure of the selected intellectual property from the one or more client communications devices via the network; and
sending the selected intellectual property to the one or more client communications devices via the network.
21 . The system as recited in claim 19 , wherein the copyrighted materials comprise books, music, videos, television shows, movies, software, applications, games or a combination thereof.
22 . The system as recited in claim 19 , wherein the public information comprises a description of the selected intellectual property and a photo of the selected intellectual property.
23 . The system as recited in claim 19 , wherein the one or more terms for the further disclosure of the selected intellectual property comprise a payment of a fee, a license agreement, a purchase agreement, or a combination thereof.
24 . The system as recited in claim 19 , wherein the further disclosure of the selected intellectual property comprises the selected intellectual property, or a portion of the selected intellectual property.
25 . The system as recited in claim 19 , wherein the additional level of detail about the selected intellectual property comprises a graphical content, an audio content, a video content, or a combination thereof.
26 . The system as recited in claim 19 , wherein the additional level of detail about the selected intellectual property comprises a portion of the selected intellectual property selected by an owner of the selected intellectual property.
27 . The system as recited in claim 19 , wherein the one or more processors further receive an account information or a login information for a user from the one or more client communications devices via the network.
28 . The system as recited in claim 19 , wherein the one or more processors further:
receive an identity validation information of a user from the one or more client communications devices via the network; and
determining whether the identity validation information of the user is accurate.
29 . The system as recited in claim 19 , wherein the one or more processors further:
receive one or more search terms from the one or more client communications devices via the network; and
send the public information for one or more intellectual properties that are responsive the one or more search terms to the one or more client communications device via the network.
30 . The system as recited in claim 19 , wherein the one or more processors further send one or more categories of one or more intellectual properties to the one or more client communications devices via the network that enable a potential buying party to browse the one or more categories of the one or more intellectual properties.
31 . The system as recited in claim 19 , wherein the one or more processors further receive the public information, the one or more terms for the further disclosure, and at least one of the one or more intellectual properties from an owner of the at least one of the one or more intellectual properties.
32 . The system as recited in claim 19 , wherein the one or more processors further register an owner of at least one of the one or more intellectual properties.
33 . The system as recited in claim 19 , wherein the one or more processors further register a user.
34 . The system as recited in claim 33 , wherein the one or more processors register the user by receiving an identity validation information for the user.
35 . The system as recited in claim 34 , wherein the one or more processors further determine whether the identity validation information for the user is accurate.
36 . A system for facilitating transactions involving one or more intellectual properties comprising:
a network;
one or more client communications devices communicably coupled to the network;
one or more server computers communicably coupled to the network, the one or more server computers comprising:
one or more data storage devices,
one or more processors communicably coupled to the data storage devices, and
a non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with a computer program communicably coupled to the one or more processors to provide a web site having a posting for each of the one or more intellectual properties, wherein the one or more intellectual properties comprise copyrighted material selected from the group consisting essentially of books, music, videos, television shows, movies, software, applications and games, receive a selection of one of the one or more intellectual properties from one or more client communications devices via the network interface, send a public information and one or more terms for a further disclosure of the selected intellectual property to the one or more client communications devices via the network interface, receive a request for an additional level of detail about the selected intellectual property from the one or more client communications devices via the network interface, wherein the additional level of detail about the selected intellectual property comprises a portion of the selected intellectual property, and provide the additional level of detail about the selected intellectual property to the one or more client communications devices via the network interface.