Patent №
US 8,458,099
Granted
2013-06-04
Filed 2007
Owner
IMAGESPAN, INC.
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Lab
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AI components
1
hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
11944051
A system and method for online content licensing and distribution is provided. A central website is accessible by content providers and content licensees via the Internet, and allows content providers to upload content to the central website. Licenses can be associated with uploaded content, and one or more licensees for the content can be designated. Royalty distributions can be defined and distributed to one or more recipients, and can be expressed as percentages of collected royalties or dollar amounts. An e-mail is automatically transmitted to a designated licensee which allows the licensee to access the uploaded content, pay for the content, and download the content. Collected payments are automatically distributed to one or more recipients in accordance with the royalty distributions. Suggested license fees for uploaded content can be generated and provided to the content provider, and uploaded content can be published to a third-party publication website or service.
AI classification
Ownership
IMAGESPAN, INC.
assignment · 208180508
LICENSESTREAM, INC.
namechg · 271980107
Assignors
SHEAR, JEFFREY A., STAROSTA, DMITRY, SCHOLNICK, IAIN
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.