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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2008
Applicants:
Mung Chiang, Princeton, NJ (US);
Hazer Inaltekin, Coburg, AU;
H. Vincent Poor, Princeton, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
The Trustees of Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2012.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); G06Q 40/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0273 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2013.01); G06Q 40/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for pricing and exchanging content is provided, which includes a data plane formed by a peer-to-peer content sharing network or a central server allowing for client-server content transfers, and a control plane formed by a central server in communication with the data plane via the Internet. The data plane allows for the storage of digital content provided by users and the transfer of content therebetween, and the control plane provides a virtual market in which such content is sold between users using virtual currency that can be exchanged for real currency.