Barter for rights
View Patent ↗Selling intangible property rights may include receiving content from a seller and determining one or more potential purchasers for the content's intangible property rights. The potential purchasers may be determined according to the subject of the content, the audience for the content, and the intangible property rights being sold. An offer to sell the intangible property rights may then be transmitted to one or more potential purchasers, along with a portion of the content. Upon receiving the one or more purchaser's acceptance of the offer, a complete copy of the content may be transmitted to the purchaser.
1. A system, comprising:
a processor; and
a computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations, for selling intangible property rights, comprising:
receiving news-related content selected from a group consisting of a photograph, a video clip, an audio clip, a story, and an interview obtained from an individual that is (A) involved in gathering news and (B) desirous to sell intangible property rights (i) being associated with the content, (ii) being owned by the individual, (iii) being offered for sale by the individual, and (iv) comprising non-exclusive rights that would grant a potential purchaser a limited right to use the received content, the limited right being a limited number of copies;
identifying, based on each of multiple factors comprising (a) a subject of the content received, (b) an audience for the content received, and (c) the intangible property rights, the potential purchaser for the intangible property rights, wherein the audience for the content received is selected from a group consisting of a national audience and an international audience;
transmitting, to the potential purchaser, an offer to purchase the intangible property rights; and
receiving, from the potential purchaser, an acceptance of the offer.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the non-exclusive rights are limited by a number of times that the received content is permitted to be displayed.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving a counter offer from the potential purchaser.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the subject of the content received relates to a political event.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the subject of the content received relates to a personal interest event.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the subject of the content received relates to a sporting event.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise creating the offer to purchase the intangible property rights.
8. A computer-readable storage device comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations, for selling intangible property rights, comprising:
receiving news-related content selected from a group consisting of a photograph, a video clip, an audio clip, a story, and an interview obtained from an individual that is (A) involved in gathering news and (B) desirous to sell intangible property rights (i) being associated with the content, (ii) being owned by the individual, (iii) being offered for sale by the individual, and (iv) comprising non-exclusive rights that would grant a potential purchaser a limited right to use the received content, the limited right being a limited number of copies;
identifying, based on each of multiple factors comprising (a) a subject of the content received, (b) an audience for the content received, and (c) the intangible property rights, the potential purchaser for the intangible property rights, wherein the audience for the content received is selected from a group consisting of a national audience and an international audience;
transmitting, to the potential purchaser, an offer to purchase the intangible property rights; and
receiving, from the potential purchaser, an acceptance of the offer.
9. The computer-readable storage device of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise creating the offer to purchase the intangible property rights.
10. The computer-readable storage device of claim 8 , wherein the subject of the content received relates to a sporting event.
11. The computer-readable storage device of claim 8 , wherein the subject of the content received relates to a political event.
12. The computer-readable storage device of claim 8 , wherein the subject of the content received relates to a personal interest event.
13. The computer-readable storage device of claim 8 , wherein the non-exclusive rights are limited by a number of times that the received content is permitted to be displayed.
14. The computer-readable storage device of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving, from the potential customer, a counter offer.
15. A method, for selling intangible property rights, comprising:
receiving, by a system using a processor, news-related content selected from a group consisting of a photograph, a video clip, an audio clip, a story, and an interview obtained from an individual that is (A) involved in gathering news and (B) desirous to sell intangible property rights (i) being associated with the content, (ii) being owned by the individual, (iii) being offered for sale by the individual, and (iv) comprising non-exclusive rights that would grant a potential purchaser a limited right to use the received content, the limited right being a limited number of copies;
identifying, by the system, based on each of multiple factors comprising (a) a subject of the content received, (b) an audience for the content received, and (c) the intangible property rights, the potential purchaser for the intangible property rights, wherein the audience for the content received is selected from a group consisting of a national audience and an international audience;
transmitting, by the system, to the potential purchaser, an offer to purchase the intangible property rights; and
receiving, by the system, an acceptance of the offer from the potential purchaser.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the subject of the content received relates to a sporting event.
17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the subject of the content received relates to an event selected from a group consisting of political event and a personal interest event.
18. The method of claim 15 , wherein the non-exclusive rights are limited by a number of times that the received content is permitted to be displayed.
19. The method of claim 15 , further comprising receiving, by the system, a counter offer from the potential purchaser.
20. The method of claim 15 , further comprising creating, by the system, the offer to purchase the intangible property rights.