Digital content subscription conditioning system

1. A computer-implemented method of allocating digital content subscription revenue, the method comprising:

receiving, via a user interface, a value for each of a plurality of coefficient drivers, wherein each coefficient driver provides information defining a market value of a creator of digital content;

dynamically setting a conditioning coefficient based on the selected coefficient driver values;

receiving usage information relating to usage of the digital content; and

generating a revenue allocation for the digital content based on the dynamically set conditioning coefficient and the usage information, the revenue allocation affecting a royalty payment made to the creator of the digital content.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the conditioning coefficient is dynamically set further based on a measure of usage for the digital content calculated using the usage information from a plurality of digital service providers.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the conditioning coefficient is dynamically set further based on a preset value corresponding to a subjective measure of marketability for the digital content.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the creator of the digital content is an author of the digital content.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein dynamically setting the conditioning coefficient further comprises retrieving a coefficient driver value from a contract data repository.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

periodically reevaluating the dynamically set conditioning coefficient; and

outputting a report if the reevaluated conditioning coefficient has fluctuated.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the revenue allocation further comprises

multiplying the dynamically set conditioning coefficient by the usage information.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein generating the revenue allocation farther comprises normalizing data during multiplication to create a royalty percentage of subscription revenue for the digital content used in a given period.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the information concerning the market value of the creator of the digital content includes a number of top ten songs for the creator, a number of platinum records for the creator, a number of years the creator has been with a recording company, a number of records produced by the creator and a popularity ranking for the creator.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving digital asset metadata from a digital asset management system to facilitate assigning of digital content aggregations and the generating of the revenue allocation.

11. A data processing system for allocating digital content subscription revenue, the system comprising:

a user interface configured to receive a value for each of a plurality of coefficient drivers, wherein each coefficient driver provides information defining a market value of a creator of digital content; and

a subscription conditioning module configured to:

dynamically set a conditioning coefficient based on the selected coefficient driver value,

receive usage information relating to usage of the digital content, and

generate a revenue allocation for the digital content based on the dynamically set conditioning coefficient and the usage information, the revenue allocation affecting a royalty payment made to the creator of the digital content.

12. The data processing system of claim 11 , wherein the subscription conditioning module further comprises a back-end sewer having document routing, mapping and transformation, transaction logging, subscriber management, security certification, and workflow orchestration elements.

13. A data processing system for allocating digital content subscription revenue, the system comprising:

means for receiving a value for each of a plurality of coefficient drivers, wherein each coefficient driver provides information defining a market value of a creator of digital content;

means for dynamically setting a conditioning coefficient based on the selected coefficient driver values;

means for receiving usage information relating to usage of the digital content; and

means for generating a revenue allocation for the digital content based on the dynamically set conditioning coefficient and the usage information, the revenue allocation affecting a royalty payment made to the creator of the digital content.

14. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon one or more sequences of instructions for causing one or more machines to perform operations comprising:

receiving, via a user interface, a value for each of a plurality of coefficient drivers, wherein each coefficient driver provides information defining a market value of a creator of digital content;

dynamically setting a conditioning coefficient based on the selected coefficient driver values;

receiving usage information relating to usage of the digital content; and

generating a revenue allocation for the digital content based on the dynamically set conditioning coefficient and the usage information, the revenue allocation affecting a royalty payment made to the creator of the digital content.

15. The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying a coefficient drivers entry page that displays each of the plurality of coefficient drivers, wherein the value for each of the plurality of coefficient drivers is selected by a user via the coefficient drivers entry page.

16. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a user selection that enables each of the plurality of coefficient drivers to be selected.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the value for each of the plurality of coefficient drivers is selected using a predefined range of numbers associated with each of the plurality of coefficient drivers.

18. The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting the value for each of the plurality of coefficient drivers further comprises importing stored coefficient driver values from an electronic contract.

19. The method of claim 1 , wherein the dynamically set conditioning coefficient increases if a number of platinum records associated with the creator increases.

20. The method of claim 1 , wherein the royalty payment comprises:

a participation portion representing an evenly split percentage of assets and that disregards the conditioning coefficient or the usage information; and

a earned revenue portion calculated using the conditioning coefficient and the usage information.

21. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the revenue allocation further comprises:

generating a conditioned basic flat rate revenue allocation;

generating a multiple-conditioned basic flat rate revenue allocation;

generating a basic usage rate revenue allocation;

generating a conditioned basic usage rate revenue allocation;

generating a multiple-conditioned basic usage rate revenue allocation;

generating a conditioned participation flat rate revenue allocation;

generating a multiple conditioned participation flat rate revenue allocation;

generating a participation usage rate revenue allocation;

generating a conditioned participation usage rate revenue allocation; and

generating a multiple-conditioned participation usage rate revenue allocation.

22. The method of claim 1 , wherein the usage information relates to a total number of downloads or streams of the digital content.

23. The method of claim 1 , further comprising causing the royalty payment to be made to the creator of the digital content based on the revenue allocation.

24. The method of claim 1 , wherein the dynamically set conditioning coefficient exhibits a linear or non-linear mathematical relationship with the coefficient driver values.