Ocean Tomo, LLC

Single Touch Interactive, Inc.

Q.r. Spex, Inc.

Ipxi Technologies, LLC

Other

Ewireless, Inc.

Jeman Technologies, Inc.

Iii Holdings 4, LLC

William Reber, LLC

Single Touch Interactive R&d Ip, LLC

James E Malackowski

Kristi L Stathis

Mikal B Greaves

Thomas Meier

Rolf Milesi

Gregory Swab

Michael J Lasinski

Christiaan A Ligtenberg

David A Kennedy

Roger L May

Keith M Cardoza

Cameron Gray

Robert J Block

Andrew W Carter

Adam Clifford

Richard Conroy

Jonathan A Barney

Michael O Hill

Jason L Gardner

Christne Ligtenberg

Stephen C Yelderman

Christine Ligtenberg

Susan L Aylward

Mark Rubin

Eric Fried

A wireless ad hoc pico network is formed by eyewear having a radio frequency transceiver and other devices such as a computer, a bracelet and a telephone having similar transceivers mounted on them. Master slave relationships are configurable. Other devices, such as a radio, a CD player, a hand held global positioning satellite system and a heart rate monitor, having similar transceivers, can also be connected with the transceiver of the eyewear. The transceivers operate on a globally available, unlicensed radio band of 2.45 gigahertz (GHz).

Eyewear with exchangeable temples housing a radio frequency transceiver

A marketplace for trading derivative financial contracts includes a forum that publishes a financial contract and allows the financial contract to be traded by one or more market participants. The financial contracts are based on one or more underlying intangible assets of one or more entities. The price of the contract is derived from a measure of value of the one or more underlying assets of the particular financial contract. The forum may include an exchange for trading financial contracts and may also host trading of over-the-counter financial contracts.

Marketplace for trading intangible asset derivatives and a method for trading intangible asset derivatives

An information fulfillment system provides information to a user having a wireless communication device. Upon manual or automatic input of an access code to the wireless communication device, the fulfillment center delivers information based on the access code. Automatic verification, connection, and/or billing modification processes are provided for implementation of the system and method.

System of providing information to a telephony subscriber

The present invention is a system and methods by which an investment vehicle can be established that is directed to one or a very limited specific form of content. More specifically, the system and methods of the present invention creates a financial instrument directed to specific content&#x2014;such as a specific technology or specific artistic or literary work&#x2014;that may be issued, thereby providing investors with the opportunity to invest in the specific content or aspect of that specific content.

Financial instrument based on content and methods for valuation

An information fulfillment system and method provide information to a user having a wireless communication device. Upon input of an access code at the wireless communication device, a fulfillment center delivers information based on the access code. Automatic verification, connection, and/or billing modification processes optionally are provided for implementation of the system and method.

A method of utilizing an intellectual property grouping owned by a patent entity to generate income. The method includes acquiring rights in a first intellectual property asset from a seller on behalf of a patent investment entity, providing compensation to the seller in exchange for the first intellectual property asset, granting less than all of the rights in the first intellectual property asset to the seller of the intellectual property asset in exchange for a stream of payments, wherein granting less than all of the rights in the first intellectual property asset creates residual rights in the first intellectual property asset, and utilizing the residual rights in the first intellectual property asset to generate income for the patent investment entity.

Methods and systems for utilizing intellectual property assets and rights

An intellectual property trading exchange is disclosed for facilitating the trading of intellectual property rights. The exchange includes at least one intellectual property license contract relating to intellectual property rights and a forum configured to allow a plurality of participants to trade the license contract. The plurality of participants includes at least one seller, which may be the owner, having the license contract and desiring to trade the license contract. The plurality of participants also includes at least one buyer desiring to obtain the license contract. The buyer may be an investor, speculator, market maker, or arbitrageur, who purchases the license contract to achieve appreciation. The buyer also may be a licensee, who purchases the license contract to practice the intellectual property rights.

Intellectual property trading exchange and a method for trading intellectual property rights

A method for generating an index of securities includes selecting index constituents and weighing the selected index constituents by a measure ('an intangible asset measure') of quality and/or value of the intangible assets of constituent entities. The index constituents can be selected from a set of potential constituents based on an intangible asset measure of each constituent in the set, and the selected index constituents may then be weighted by a desired measure or methodology or weighted equally, or by an intangible asset measure. Another method for generating an index of securities includes combining groups of constituents, which are selected based on an intangible asset measure, to be index constituents and weighing the index constituents by a desired measure or methodology.

Method and system for generating an index of securities

Presented herein are methods and systems for managing an entity's risks of patent coverage. More specifically, the present invention is directed to methods and system for insuring an entity against damage awards in patent litigation. The presented methods and systems allow a manufacturer to minimize their exposure to damage awards in patent litigation by conducting pre-emptive analyses and properly allocating funds for royalty payments and/or damage awards. An insurance captive is also established as a risk management tool to insure the manufacturer against excessive damage awards.

System and method for managing intellectual property-based risks

A computerized intellectual property trading exchange is disclosed for facilitating the trading of license contracts relating to intellectual property rights or pools of intellectual property rights. The exchange includes at least one intellectual property license contract relating to intellectual property rights or pools of intellectual property rights and a computer-accessible forum configured to allow a plurality of participants to trade the license contract. The plurality of participants includes at least one seller, which may be the owner, having the license contract and desiring to trade the license contract. The plurality of participants also includes at least one buyer desiring to obtain the license contract. The buyer may be an investor, speculator, market maker, or arbitrageur, who purchases the license contract to achieve appreciation. The buyer also may be a licensee, who purchases the license contract to practice the intellectual property rights.

Intellectual property trading exchange

An information fulfillment system provides information to a caller having a wireless communication device. Upon manual or automatic input of access codes to the wireless communication device, the caller's identity and the input access code are verified. Thereafter, the call is connected through the wireless network to the system messaging or fulfillment center for automatic or live-operator delivery of the requested information. Automatic verification, connection, and billing modification processes are provided for implementation of the system and method.

A computerized intellectual property trading exchange is disclosed for facilitating the trading of license contracts relating to intellectual property rights. The exchange includes at least one intellectual property license contract relating to intellectual property rights and a computer-accessible forum configured to allow a plurality of participants to trade the license contract. The plurality of participants includes at least one seller, which may be the owner, having the license contract and desiring to trade the license contract. The plurality of participants also includes at least one buyer desiring to obtain the license contract. The buyer may be an investor, speculator, market maker, or arbitrageur, who purchases the license contract to achieve appreciation. The buyer also may be a licensee, who purchases the license contract to practice the intellectual property rights.

The disclosure relates to an investment risk minimization system involving a venture capital investor and a venture needing investment from the venture capital investor. In such a system, an exemplary method can include providing an investment to a venture having an intellectual asset, and receiving a security interest in the intellectual asset. The security interest secures an ownership right upon failure by the venture to meet established parameters. Further, if the venture receiving the investment fails to meet the established parameters, the method includes obtaining an ownership interest in the intellectual asset, valuing the intellectual asset, and transferring the intellectual asset to a charitable organization.

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James E Malackowski